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CultureEnglish
Date1652
MediumEarthenware with tin glaze (delftware)
DimensionsOverall: 15 1/2 inches (39.37 cm)
Credit LineGift of Frank P. Burnap
Object number57-10
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On viewGallery Location
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DescriptionDecorated in polychrome with nativity scene: in background wall, left, hound and recument ox, right; center, standing figure of Adam, seated figure of Mary, Child in crib, angel at head of crib, kneeling figure, right; jug and goblet in foreground. Beneath stylized sun, top, inscribed : 1652 LBE. Yellow and blue-dash borders. Inscribed in blue on rear: 1652 LBE; TH within foot rim.Gallery LabelProbably derived from a print, the vivid polychrome decoration was inspired by Italian maiolica, or tin-glazed earthenware. The meaning of the letters "LBE" is unknown.
Tin-glazed earthenware, or low-fired earthenware covered with a glaze mixed with tin-oxide to make it opaque, was introduced into England from the Netherlands in the last half of the 16th century. By the late 17th century, this new pottery was called delftware in England for Delft, Holland, the major center of this ware's production. Often in imitation of Chinese export blue and white porcelains, Europeans created white wares decorated with blue and polychrome designs. Another source of decoration was tin-glazed earthenware from Italy, called maiolica. Delftware was made for many levels of society in a variety of decorative and functional types.
Tin-glazed earthenware, or low-fired earthenware covered with a glaze mixed with tin-oxide to make it opaque, was introduced into England from the Netherlands in the last half of the 16th century. By the late 17th century, this new pottery was called delftware in England for Delft, Holland, the major center of this ware's production. Often in imitation of Chinese export blue and white porcelains, Europeans created white wares decorated with blue and polychrome designs. Another source of decoration was tin-glazed earthenware from Italy, called maiolica. Delftware was made for many levels of society in a variety of decorative and functional types.
Mr. Frank P. Burnap (1861-1957), Kansas City, MO by 1957;
His gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1957.
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