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D107, D108, D109. PLATES 
Probably London 
(D107, D108) Possibly Pickleherring 
(D107) Dated 1687 
(D108, D109) 1680-1690 
(D107) H.: 7/8" (2.2 cm); 
W. (between flat sides): 8" (20.3 cm) 
(D108) H.: 1" (2.5 cm); 
W. (between f[at sides): 7 3/4" (19.7 cm) 
(D109) H.: 11/8" (2.9 cm); 
Diam.: 8 3/8" (21.3 cm) 
BODY CLAY: (D107) Fine-grained buff. 
(D108, D109) Medium- to fine-grained 
reddish buff. 
TIN GLAZE: (D107) Greenish-bluish 
white. (D108, D109) Dark blue, (D109) 
somewhat dry in appearance. 
SHAPE: Molded. (D107) Shape F 
(D108) Shape G with slightly convex 
exterior of wall. (D109) Shape G with 
wider rim and slightly concave exterior 
of wall. 
DECORATION: Painted, Chinese 
figures in landscapes. (D107) Inscribed 
"EH/1687." Borders composed of 
concentric circles and vegetable motifs, 
(D107, D108) with scrolls and octagons. 
Published: (D107) Lipski and Archer, Doted 
Delftware, no. 162. 
Ex coils.: (D107) M. L. Clarke, F H. Garner, J. V 
Vizcarro; J P Kassebaum. (DI08) L. L. Lipski; 
J. P Kassebaum. 
D107 
5Dorder decoration similar to that on the 1687 plate shown here (D107) edges
a "Chinese-figure-in-grasses" bowl excavated (Mark Brown's Wharf
site) among 
kiln waste from the Pickleherring factory,' and other factories may well
have 
produced similar edge ornament. The border also is known around a flowers
and 
table reserve, quite different Chinese-figure-in-grasses scene,' and it occurs
on 
the bleu persan or bleu de Nevers plate (D108) shown here. Vertically oriented
cen- 
tral shrubs, resembling those centered on the dated (D107) and circular (D109)
plates shown here, appear on 1679 and 1680 dated plates, originally after
the 
same design source as the latter Longridge example. Border decoration like
that on the circular bleu persan plate shown here (D109) occurs on a bleu
persan 
cistern attributed to Lambeth based on archaeological material.' 
    In addition to being manufactured on the Continent, from whence the appel-
lation bleu de Nevers originates, dark blue tin-glazed delftware was made
in 
England at several London factories and at Brislington.5 It appears on a
broad 
range of shapes (see nos. D177, D180, D252, D278, D279), and, in some cases,
the decoration basically is a dark-to-light reversal (D108, D109) of typical
delft- 
ware motifs. 
1. Museum of London, Southwark and London, 
p. 326, fig. 139, no. 1383. 
2. Peirce, Cocke Collection, no. 5; Mundy, Delft, 
pl. 5. 
3. Lipski and Archer, Dated Delftware, nos. 143, 
143A-B, 144. 
4. Archer and Morgan, China Dishes, no. 19. 
5. Archer, V&A, no. C.13: Grigsby, Chipstone, 
no. 32. 
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