No. 9 c. 1780
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This Delftware plate, produced by the Porceleyne Bijl factory in the Netherlands around 1780, is part of a series of plates depicting scenes from everyday life. This particular plate, titled "No. 9. + Haring Banket," depicts a couple enjoying a meal of herring, a popular food in the Netherlands at the time. The plate is decorated in the traditional blue and white Delftware style, with a simple design that emphasizes the scene's details. The plate is a great example of how Delftware was used to document and celebrate everyday life.
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This series of twelve plates is painted with scenes related to fishing for herring. While undistinguished in appearance, this silver fish was an abundant source of food in the North Sea and supported a vast fishing industry in the Netherlands. Herring fishing accounted for such a large percentage of the wealth of the Dutch Republic that Amsterdam was said to have been built on herring bones.
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