No. 11 c. 1780
porcelainaxeporceleynebijlfactory
minneapolisinstituteofart
ceramic
aquatic colour scheme
blue ink drawing
water colours
egg art
blue and white
ceramic
aquatic colours
watercolour bleed
watercolour illustration
watercolor
blue on white background
This Delftware plate, produced in the Netherlands around 1780 by the Porceleyne Bijl factory, depicts a scene of daily life in the Dutch fishing village of "Rosk. der Haring" (herring market). Painted in blue and white, it features a couple interacting in front of a simple house, with a small fishing boat and larger ship in the distance. These plates were popular decorative items, often representing Dutch themes of trade, fishing, and 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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