Plate
CultureEnglish
Date1760
MediumEarthenware with tin glaze (delftware)
DimensionsOverall: 11 3/4 inches (29.85 cm)
Credit LineGift of Frank P. Burnap
Object number54-43/2
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DescriptionBlue-white plates painted with Chinese lake scene in dark blue, manganese, and yellow. Crinkled borders decorated in opque white, bianco sopra bianco.Exhibition HistoryRoss E. Taggart, The Frank P. and Harriet C. Burnap Collection of English pottery in the William Rockhill Nelson Gallery, (Kansas City, MO: Nelson Gallery and Atkins Museum, 1967), 57, no. 162.
The English Potter Prior to 1800, M. H. de Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco, November 18, 1972-February 25, 1973, no cat.
Mr. Thomas Murrary Ragg (1897-1953), London, England;
Purchased at his posthumous sale, Fine English Pottery, The T. Murrary Ragg Collection, Sotheby & Co., London, March 23, 1954, lot 35, by Mr. Frank P. Burnap (1861-1957), Kansas City, MO;
His gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1954.
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