Floral Bouquet Plaque (Plaat)

Unidentified Maker1775 - 1800

Details

Title: Floral Bouquet Plaque (Plaat)
Creator: Unidentified Maker
Creator Nationality: The Netherlands
Date: 1775 - 1800
Location: The Netherlands
Physical Dimensions: w10.50 x h10.50 in (Complete)
Type: Ceramics
Rights: Gift in memory of Mr. and Mrs. John Van Schaick Lansing Pruyn by their daughters, Harriet Langdon Pruyn (Mrs. William Gorham) Rice and Huybertje Lansing Pruyn (Mrs. Charles S.) Hamlin
External Link: http://www.albanyinstitute.org/home.html
Medium: Earthenware, tin glazed with polychrome enamel decoration (faience)
Additional Comments: Chinese porcelain became known to the Dutch in the early 1700s, and they took an immediate liking to the style. Because actual Chinese ceramics were expensive, Dutch manufactured their own tin-glazed earthenware in the Chinese style. This plaque is the finest example of Dutch faience in the museum's collection from the late eighteenth century. It combines a Chinese basket motif with an arrangement of native flowers.

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