Americana & Folk Art
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Peggy McClard Antiques Americana & Folk Art |
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By the early 17th century the Dutch were importing large numbers of
Chinese and Japanese porcelain pieces for sale to Europe and England.
However, the high cost of these imported items far outreached the
pocketbooks of most consumers. The Dutch, being great merchants
and business people, used their technique for making tin-glazed Delft
tiles and turned their attention to developing ceramic household items
such as plates, pitchers and vases for the public. It took the
Western world many more generations to learn how to produce the
delicate, highly fired porcelain that could rival the East, but Dutch
Delftware became a hit throughout Europe, England and the burgeoning
American Colonies. This huge and commanding 18th century Delft charger represents the Chinese style. The Dutch had a tendency to fully fill the Delftware with design, even when the Chinese pieces they were copying would have large unfilled white spaces. The delicacy of this charger with an Oriental figure offering a flower with a delicate bridge in the background and also the foreground as well as willow trees and a large flowering plant is so characteristic of true Chinese workmanship that it is thought that the decoration was done by a Chinese artist who immigrated to The Netherlands. The plate is a full 14" in diameter. It has some craquelere to the glaze and some wear to the edges but when thumped, it sings with a beautiful ping...affirming that there is no restoration. There is some very minor yellow staining under the glaze on the bottom rim which I've shown you in one of the photos below. This is a magnificent platter. Circa 1700. (#4516) $1250 |
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