Two 17th-Century Delftware Orangist Portrait Plates

Last quarter 17th century, tin-glazed earthenware with hand-painted polychrome, both sitters of a nobleman or officer facing left, the marly and rim decorated with scrolling orange pattern, the first scripted "Prims/ Dee" and "Willem Vylde," with restorer's label of "Harry A. Eberhard of Philadelphia" to the verso; the second scripted "WD5" over "P/O" and "VR."

8 7/8 in. diameter

From the Collection of Josephine Chapman Borthwick, Pinehurst, North Carolina

Labeled plate with cracks and repair; both with rim fritting and surface wear.