Dish

A large delftware dish on a rim foot. It is described in the Nelson-Ward inventory 'Delft plate carried by old Bet Allen from Burnham Thorpe to Kent to Horatia (Nelson-Ward)'. The dish is hand-painted crudely in purple brown and yellow, with a depiction in the centre of a milkmaid carrying two buckets on a yoke.

Object Details

ID: AAA4731
Collection: Decorative art
Type: Dish
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Unknown
People: Nelson, Horatio
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Nelson-Ward Collection
Measurements: Overall: 45 x 350 mm