Charger with portrait
This tin-glazed charger features a man wearing a wig and what appears to be an elaborate hat or crown, surrounded by an abstract border of alternating thick and thin lines in cobalt blue. It was probably made in the late seventeenth century in Talavera or Puente del Arzobispo, two centers of pottery production in the Castile region of Spain.
Artwork Details
- Title: Charger with portrait
- Date: possibly late 17th century
- Culture: probably Spanish, Talavera or Puente del Arzobispo
- Medium: Tin-glazed earthenware
- Dimensions: Overall (confirmed): 2 3/4 × 14 3/4 × 14 3/4 in. (7 × 37.5 × 37.5 cm)
- Classification: Ceramics-Pottery
- Credit Line: Robert A. Ellison Jr. Collection, Gift of Robert A. Ellison Jr., 2014
- Object Number: 2014.712.18
- Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
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