The lobed tin glazed earthenwaredecorated in shades of blue with flowering peonies on rockwork in the center and surrounded with rotating flowering peonies.
This, originally silver dish form with fluted border, was produced in tin glaze earthenware in the period between 1640 and 1700. The white fluted dishes are depicted on many master paintings hanging in Dutch interiors. They are placed above the hearth as decoration or used as a fruit dish. Three centuries later Royal Delft produces the fluted dishes in combination with traditional flower decorations that originate in Chinese porcelain.
Signed on the back in underglaze blue for:
DE PORCELEYNE FLES - ROYAL DELFT
DELFT - HOLLAND & BV = 1951
Painter' s initials: MvA = M.H. van Aalst
Employment dates: 1941 - 1983
Literature:
This item is shown in Rick Erickson - Royal Delft Page 118 - Fig.11-18. Model Bombé IX 29
Diam.: 34,5 cm. (13,6 inches.)
Weight: 1.189 grams.