Charger with foliate design

Unknown

ca. 1750–1800 · Tin-glazed earthenware · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Green, yellow, and brown are used in a lush composition that features a straight tree flanked by two curving trees with knotted trunks. The tin-glazed charger was made in the second half of the eighteenth century, possibly in Talavera or Puente del Arzobispo, two centers of pottery production in the Castile region of Spain.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 1750–1800

Medium

Tin-glazed earthenware

Culture

possibly Spanish, Talavera or Puente del Arzobispo

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Credit line

Robert A. Ellison Jr. Collection, Gift of Robert A. Ellison Jr., 2014