Tray (Netherlands)

Jan Teunis Dextra; Grieksche A [de] (the Greek A Factory)

1757–1765

tin-glazed earthenware

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

An 8-sided tin-glazed earthenware tray painted in underglaze blue on white with a central roundel of a dragonfly, rocks, and flowers, surrounded by panels of precious objects and flowers, resting on three flattened ball feet. An 8-sided tin-glazed earthenware tray painted in underglaze blue on white with a central roundel of a dragonfly, rocks, and flowers, surrounded by panels of precious objects and flowers, resting on three flattened ball feet. Flat 8-sided tray with raised rim, on three flattened ball feet; painted in underglaze blue on white with center roundel showing dragonfly, rocks, flowers, surrounded by 8 panels painted with "precious objects" alternating with flowers; feet painted blue. Bequest of Walter Phelps Warren