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	Imported Pilgrim Pottery The collections of Pilgrim Hall Museum continued

The large blue and white Waterman family dish came to the museum in 1852. This large "delftware" dish features the light and dark blue imagery characteristic of wares made at Brislington. It is a fine example of the imitation of Chinese landscape scenes from imported porcelain. The buff-colored earthenware clay is visible in the many chipped areas on this venerable salver, now more than 300 years old.
		Waterman Family Dish Brislington, England, 1680-1700 Tin-glazed earthenware Diameter 13 7/16"

		This small dish with its traditional Moorish abstract motif looks very different than the tin-glazed wares from northern Europe. The burnished orange luster derives from copper added to the glaze. Because these glazes wore away easily, making the wares unidentifiable as Spanish, there may have been a larger number imported into the colonies than the surviving objects would indicate.
White Family Dish Valencia, Spain, 1650-1700 Tin-glazed earthenware with red copper luster Diameter 7 13/16"