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Wall plate

Made at: Plateelfabriek Rozenburg (Dutch, 1883–1914)
Painted by: Sam Schellink (Dutch, active first quarter of the 20th century)
Dutch
1898

Medium/Technique Tin-glazed earthenware
Dimensions Diameter: 39.2 cm (15 7/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Justin G. Schiller and Dennis M. V. David in honor of Clifford S. Ackley
Accession Number2018.3686
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsCeramicsPotteryEarthenware

Marks Painted factory mark, crown [date code for 1898?], conjoined "TS" [painter's monogram?] and order no. 394
ProvenanceMarch 26, 1994, anonymous sale, Christie's, Amsterdam, lot 203, to Justin Schiller and Dennis David, Kingston, NY; February 5, 2008, Schiller-David sale, Sotheby's, Amsterdam, lot 55, unsold; December 10, 2009, Schiller-David sale, Heritage Auctions, Dallas, lot 74159, unsold; 2018, year-end gift of Justin Schiller and Dennis David to the MFA. (Accession Date: February 20, 2019)