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Plate
Plate, pale buff coloured earthenware, circular shape with flat base and gently curving spreading sides; covered all over with a white tin-glaze with a slightly pinkish tinge to it, the upperside of the plate painted in blue with to the centre of the well the inscription "2 / Let him do / What he can / 1734", enclosed within a circular cartouche of a wreath of foliage, the glaze worn off and slightly chipped around the rim.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 34766
Creation/Production
Unknown
Date: 1734 ca
Acquisition
Purchase, 1903
Measurements
Height
(cm): 2.6
diam
(cm): 19.3
Height
(in): 1
diam
(in): 7
Techniques
wheel-thrown
forming
Applied Art
in-glaze colours
decoration
Applied Art
tin-glazed
glazed
decoration
Applied Art
Material
tin-glazed earthenware
Location
In store
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