Bord van faience
ca. 1760 - ca. 1800
Medium
plate (dishes)
Dimensions
23
About this artwork
zegel, onderkant bord, geplakt: ‘2236/ B’
Art Historical Context
This elegant faience plate, dating from around 1760 to 1800, exemplifies the refined tableware produced in Europe during the late Enlightenment era. Measuring 23 cm in diameter, served as a practical yet decorative dish for daily meals or special occasions. Created anonymously by skilled potters, such pieces were commonplace in households across the Netherlands and beyond, reflecting the era's growing middle-class appetite for affordable luxury ceramics. Faience, a tin-glazed earthenware, was a hallmark of 18th-century pottery innovation. Artisans applied a white tin-opaque glaze over fired c...
About the Artist
anonymous
In the vast tapestry of art history, "Anonymous" stands not as a singular individual but as a collective designation for countless unidentified creators whose works have endured across millennia. These artists, spanning prehistoric cave painters to medieval illuminators and folk craftsmen, produced the foundational layers of human visual culture. Prior to the Renaissance, when individual fame emer...