Delft Earthenware Fluted Dish From The Late 17th Century.

Version:1.0 StartHTML:0000000167 EndHTML:0000002122 StartFragment:0000000454 EndFragment:0000002106 Round dish with 8 ribbed gadroons in high-fire earthenware in shades of blue with a plant decoration in 8 squares with in the center, a cherub holding a vase in the middle of the flowers. Work of the factory of Huibrecht Brouwer, merchant active from 1679 under the name of "la hache de porcelaine", producing varied pieces, often of quality and well colored, with a rather heavy material and a shiny enamel. Inspired by the style of the Italian potters established in Holland at that time, Brouwer took up a type of shape and decoration of putto very transalpine but "in the Dutch style". Perched on a substantial pedestal, where the characteristic yellow Delft clay and the signature of the porcelain axe (porcelyne bijl) appear, this dish sounds clear and suffers only from a chip (photo) on the back and some enamel defects on the edge. It is of historical importance in the history of European ceramics at this time in the 17th century when Italian influence was to give way to chinoiserie throughout the 18th century, thus marking the transition from the Renaissance to the beginning of the modern era.