Maker: Once Known Maker
Culture: Dutch
Date Made: 18th century
Material: Glazed Earthenware
Measurements: 9 3/16 in. (23.34 cm)
Collection: Mead Art Museum at Amherst College AC C.1936.18
Extra Information:
- Dutch ceramics, or delftware, were created to mimic the ever-popular Chinese blue-and-white porcelain, this went beyond the coloring and was extended to the designs on the objects
- The Dutch exporters specified to Delft artisans that there was a preference for decorations that contained Chinese people and scenes over their Dutch counterparts
- Objects with Chinese motifs – even inaccurate ones – were perceived as more “exotic” or “rare” meaning they sold at a much quicker pace1
- Noord, Willemijn van. 2021. “Between Script and Ornament: Delftware Decorated with Pseudo-Chinese Characters, 1680–1720.” Journal of Design History 34 (1): 1–20. https://doi.org/10.1093/jdh/epaa049. ↩︎