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Round Plate of Hard-fired Earthenware; Staffordshire
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Round plate of hard-fired earthenware, covered with blue-black lead glaze with spots in light blue, green, yellow-brown and manganese. The rim is decorated in relief with fields alternating smooth and filled with lattice work. On the lattice fields alternating an eagle, a trophy and the portrait of Frederick the Great. On the smooth fields the inscriptions SUCCES TO THE KING, KING OF PRUSSIA, AND HIS FORCES. The plate belongs to five plates (BK-1987-40-A t/m BK-1987-40-F).
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineRond bord van hardgebakken aardewerk; Staffordshire. c. 1756. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.