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Plate, creamware, circular shape with flat base, curving sides and spreading rim, the rim lobed; crudely painted in polychrome enamels with to the centre of the well a scene known as 'The Return of the Prodigal Son', a male figure kneels in front of three standing male figures and a standing female figure, three of the male figures wear wigs and the female figure wears a large black bonnet, in the background are pillars and tassels, a circular border around the scene of iron-red feathery foliage, to the rim below the scene is the inscription "ZYN. BEROUW,", border to the rim in green, red, brown and yellow of scrolling foliage and stylized foliate motifs.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 34723
Acquisition
Purchase, 1902
Measurements
Height
(cm): 2.1
diam
(cm): 25.3
Height
(in): 13
diam
(in): 9
Techniques
press-moulded
forming
Applied Art
enamelled
decoration
Applied Art
glazed
decoration
Applied Art
Material
creamware
enamel
glaze
Location
In store
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