Lovely 18th Century Hand-painted Delftware Plate with Flower and Bud utensils I'm not a fisherwoman

I'm not a fisherwoman

I love the labor invested in it combined with the simplicity of the structure and just wish I had a whole city block's worth

and then snake coiled below that

I'd think they've seen more than a few pies or quiche or maybe pot pies

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Lovely 18th Century Hand-painted Delftware Plate with Flower and Bud utensils I'm not a fisherwomanA hand painted Delft plate, mid 2nd half 18th century, which, had I come across it in a museum vitrine filled with antique delftware and faience I would absolutely covet. With the flower and bud rendered in a similar manner to an 18th c. botanical drawing like a plum colored honeycomb in this full frontal view, just waiting for the bees to arrive, and with the bud as if in cross section view. Elegant and folky both, and very crisp feeling regardless