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Plate with the inscription: Let a quiet man freely / do whatever he can / to honour the table / what good his sweet tongue / and friendly greeting / if the wife is a sour mouth / 1683

anonymous · 1683 · earthenware; tin glaze; faience

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Plate of faience. Multicoloured painted with an inscription.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description

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plate (dishes)ornaments ~ art

Institution: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Catalogue identifier: BK-NM-3895
Arkivism identifier: rijks-BK-NM-3895
Date: 1683
Medium: earthenware; tin glaze; faience

Credit lineBord met het opschrift: Laet vrij een rustig man/ al doen wat dat hij kan/ ter eeren dan den dis/ wat baat sijn soete taall/ en vriendelijk ont haall/ alst wijff een suer muil is/ 1683. 1683. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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