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Soup plate with the arms of the Sayer, Woodhave and Brooke family
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Soup plate with the arms of the Sayer, Woodhave and Brooke family

anonymous · c. 1725 - c. 1749 · turning; vitrification; paint; gild; emailleren; fired; glaze; gold (metal); email; porcelain

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

About this work

Soup plate of porcelain, painted on the glaze in blue, red, green, yellow, black, and gold. On the center the coat of arms of the families Sayer, Woodhave, and Brooke, with a crest of an arm holding a dragon's head; around the coat of arms a spearhead border. On the wall a honeycomb pattern with a stylized lotus, interrupted by lobed cartouches with a fruit branch (pomegranate, peach). On the rim again the crest, fruit branches, luck symbols (ruyi scepter, lotus stem) near the 'three friends of winter' (pine, prunus, bamboo), fingered citron on an artemisia leaf and a piece of fruit in a bowl; on the rim also a narrow band with a decorative pattern. On the reverse four flower branches. Some chips in the rim. Armorial porcelain with enamel colors.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineSoup plate with the arms of the Sayer, Woodhave and Brooke family. c. 1725 - c. 1749. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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