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Made at: Het Moriaenshooft (The Moor's Head) factory (Dutch (Delft), 1658–1793)
Mark of: Jacob Wemmersz. Hoppesteyn (Dutch, active 1671–1686)
Mark of: Jacob Wemmersz. Hoppesteyn (Dutch, active 1671–1686)
Dutch (Delft)
about 1680-90
Object Place: Europe, Delft, The Netherlands
Medium/Technique
Tin-glazed earthenware
Dimensions
Other (Overall): 18.3cm (7 3/16in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Rowland Burdon-Muller
Accession Number1972.131
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsCeramics – Pottery – Earthenware
DescriptionOne of a pair (with 1972.132) with blue and white decoration; center scene of butterfly and flowers in footed bowls, one on a low table. Wide border with repeating floral decoration punctuated by four reserves. Reverse 4 blue lines around plate.Condition: crack in one and chips around edges of both.
Marks
Marks "20 / conjoined IW" (Jacob Wemmersz Hoppestein, proprietor of Het Mariaenshooft, 1664-1671), but mark continued to be used by his widow, Jannetje, and her son Rochus, to his death in 1692.