Kom met het motief "Los" 1920 - 1930

Curator: Well, hello there! Here we have an earthenware plate crafted sometime between 1920 and 1930 by N.V. Plateelbakkerij Ram. The playful motif is called “Los.” Editor: Immediately I’m drawn to this… sort of melancholy elegance? It feels like a sun fading behind a stubborn cloud. The deep plum at its heart gives it real weight. Curator: Absolutely, I see that fading light! I get a real art nouveau vibe, how the floral design dances but it’s also very…orderly, I suppose, for lack of a better word. Editor: Orderly is a curious word. This decorative style flourished precisely when societal orders were being challenged—think the suffrage movement or, a bit later, even prohibition. Those tendrils, though, they also make me consider concepts like freedom, liberty, and escape that "Los" evokes. Curator: Interesting. You know, maybe that’s why it’s so pleasing. This contrast, the looseness of life represented in the form of decorative art on something like tableware. Did people really "escape" around this? Or was it aspirational, for a future free of such societal demands? Editor: Well, I don’t know about around it. Although this would likely have been for display given the era it comes from, there’s still a functionality to the form. Perhaps this particular dish sat on the dresser of an aspiring artist or a suffragette? Or perhaps an entire family dreamed of emancipation. I want to know about these hidden, private moments—these people and places where freedom resides within domestic life! It makes me wonder, do people now, over a hundred years later, have that same desire? Curator: It’s interesting to consider a sort of silent revolution happening, reflected even in our tableware. Almost a whisper, maybe something secret between artist and the user. And this gorgeous color palette really enhances that secretive vibe, as though the plate is safeguarding this dream of emancipation. Editor: Absolutely. This object, with the period's distinct aesthetic markers and embedded sociopolitical awareness, invites us to think, eat, dream, protest. Here is both past and possibility! Curator: Food for thought, if you will! Thanks for adding a new dimension to my appreciation of "Los." I hope our visitors leave with a deeper sense of wonder.