Plate
Category
Ceramics
Date
circa 1730 - 1750
Materials
Tin-glazed earthenware (Delft faience or 'Delftware')
Measurements
30 mm (Height); 224 mm (Diameter)
Place of origin
Delft
Order this imageCollection
Saltram, Devon
NT 871012
Summary
Plate, tin-glazed earthenware (Delft faience), painted with a diaper border of yellow, red and blue, within which is painted in blue, green, red and aubergine a parrot perched on a ring with leafage, flowers and rocks; Delft, The Netherlands, c. 1730-50
Full description
Parrots were kept as exotic pets in 17th and 18th century Holland. They are frequently depicted in paintings perched on rings suspended from a ceiling, and interpreted symbols of freedom.
Provenance
At Saltram by 1951 and accepted by HM Treasury in lieu of full payment of Estate Duty from the Executors of Edmund Robert Parker (1877-1951), 4th Earl of Morley and transferred to NT in 1957