Schotel met rand van lambrequins en schelpen; op het plat een vaas met bloemen

About this artwork

collector's mark: ‘collection JF Loudon’

Art Historical Context

This elegant 18th-century platter, titled *Schotel met rand vanrequins en schel; op het plat eenas met bloemen* (Dish with Lambrequin and Shell Border Vase with Flowers on the), exemplifies the ornate ceramic artistry of the Rococo period, dating to around 1740–1770. Measuring 34.4 cm in diameter and 5. cm in height, it a richly decorated rim of scalloped lambrequins—festoon-like drapery motifs—and delicate shells, framing a central bouquet of flowers spilling from a vase. Produced anonymously, likely in a European workshop specializing in tin-glazed earthenware, such platters were prized for ...

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...