Soup plate with songbird and floral border

A cream-glazed shallow bowl with a deep rim, decorated with a small perched bird on a flowering branch at the center and a thin repeating border of leafy sprigs and tiny blossoms along the edge. The painted motifs are delicate and restrained, set against the pale ground of the glaze.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 1780

Medium

Glazed earthenware (Queen's ware), overglaze decoration

Source

Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)

Size

3999 × 2596 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum