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Plate
English and Dutch
about 1787
Object Place: Europe, England, Staffordshire
Medium/Technique
Creamware, colored enamels
Dimensions
Height x diameter: 2.9 × 24.8 cm (1 1/8 × 9 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the Misses Norvelle W. and Frances Browne and Mr. W. Prichard Browne
Accession Number50.428
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsCeramics – Pottery – Earthenware
Description"Orangist" plate, decorated in the Netherlands. Bust-length profile portraits of Frederica Sophia Wilhelmina and Prince William V of Orange (1751-1795) in red, green, yellow, brown and black; an orange tree between them and "3". Initials PV / OR above and inscription in Dutch below the heads, part of a poem that extends over an original set of six plate
InscriptionsFragment of a poem below busts: "Dit zag ik in dees middag stond". Above them, "PV" over her and "OR" over him.
On underside, octagonal gummed label inscribed: "H. W. C. Browne / Old Delft Plate / with Prince & / Princess of Orange / Orange pattern, etc."
On underside, octagonal gummed label inscribed: "H. W. C. Browne / Old Delft Plate / with Prince & / Princess of Orange / Orange pattern, etc."
ProvenanceBy 1889, Herbert W. C. Browne; 1950, gift of Misses Norvell W. and Frances Browne and W. Prichard Browne to the MFA.