Schotel met gestileerd bloempatroon 1916 - 1923

This is Schotel met gestileerd bloempatroon, probably from the Plateelbakkerij Zuid-Holland factory, and I’m imagining it was painted with ceramic glaze, maybe using stencils, or freehand. I can almost feel the painter’s hand moving across the surface, swirling gold and black around this decorative plate. What I love is the stylized flower pattern. And I'm really loving this purple around the edge; someone was being brave to use that! It feels like they were thinking about art nouveau, or Japanese screens—a sort of flatness that still has movement. I can see the maker thinking about balance, trying to get the gold to play off the black, and how the plate can be dynamic from any angle. In a way, every artist is just riffing off what came before, right? This plate makes me want to go to my studio. What does it make you want to do?