D1223. Polychrome Plate

Delft, circa 1700

Painted in the center with a large insect hovering near two birds perched on a blade of grass among flowering shrubbery or on a stylized rock below within blue concentric lines, the wide rim with a bird perched on a flowering branch near three insects and two birds in flight amidst flowering plants and grasses.

Marked / D PAUW 2 in blue for De Paauw (The Peacock) Factory

Diameter
26 cm. (10 1/4 in.)