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Dining and Related Wares 
T Dishes and Plates 
D7. DISH 
Southwark, London 
Possibly Richard Newnham, 
Pickleherring 
1645-1665 
H.: 3 3/8" (8.6 cm); 
Diam.: 16 3/8" (41.6 cm) 
BODY CLAY: Buff with large 
inclusions and blow holes. 
TIN GLAZE: White with much 
speckling. Overall on interior. 
LEAD GLAZE: Streaky and muddy, 
over pale slip. Overall on exterior, 
excluding patches at rim and where 
footrim wiped clean. 
SHAPE: Thrown over hump mold. 
Shape A with more deeply curving well, 
virtually no flange, and noneverted rim. 
Footrim pierced with single hole. 
DECORATION: Painted. Equestrian 
figure carrying baton in landscape with 
building. Border composed of concen- 
tric circles and dashes. 
Published: Chorley collection, p. 182, p1 I; 
Archer, Monck, pp. 5, 8, fig. 8. 
Ex coils.: F L. Dickson, J and K. Chorley. 
                                           Royal, Mortial, and Other Historical
Figures 
                                           and Events 
The horseman depicted on this impressive dish undoubtedly was of consid-
erable importance, as evidenced in part by his carrying a baton, indicative
of 
high military rank. The mustache and pointed beard are consistent with por-
traits of Charles I, but the fashion also was popular among aristocrats and
leading soldiers of the period. If the dish does indeed depict Charles, it
may be 
unique in that it lacks any form of royal identification. Conversely, if
Charles is 
shown and the dish dates to Cromwell's Protectorate (1649-1660), it may have
been politic to omit any identifying insignia of the recently executed monarch.
    Based on its similarity to some published prints (see no. D17), the delftware
portrait also has been associated with General George Monck, Duke of Albe-
marle (d. 1670).' The origins of the design predate Monck commemoratives
and 
may be published images of Charles I. The Longridge equestrian group resem-
bles one in reverse on a 1637 dish showing the baton differently positioned.
That portrait, in turn, is said to resemble one on a medal commemorating
Prince Charles (later Charles II; see Time Line, pp. 12-13) at the Battle
of Edge- 
hill (1642). Presumably, the design must predate both the medal and the 1637
dish.' 
    Although somewhat similar in design, the 1637 dish and this Longridge
 example differ in painting style and date. The building and tree motif and
the 
 rounded stiles or fence on the Longridge dish have close counterparts on
a 1657 
 dish showing larger buildings within a leaf border. The latter dish and
differ- 
 ently ornamented examples dated 1657 and 1661 bear "NRE' initials linked
to 
 Elizabeth and Richard Newnham. Newnham was proprietor of the Pickle- 
 herring pottery in Southwark from around 1645 to 1684. Stylistically, the
dishes 
 form part of a group including dated examples from 1645 to 1671, with the
 majority being from 1650 to 1660.' 
1. Archer, Monck, p. 3, fig. 4 (citing British 
Museum Print Room, no. 28-29 in F. 
O'Donoghue, British Portraits). 
2. Rackham, Glaisher, vol. 2, pl. 81A, 
no. 1397. 
3. Archer, V&A, no. A.56; Lipski and 
Archer, Dated Delftware, nos. 31, 111: 
Austin, Delft, no. 154. 
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