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| Figure 5 Ship tiles, Holland. Delftware. Left: Ca. 1680–1710. Yellow clay. 4.88" x 5" x .39". Showing a three-masted merchantman under half sail on a rippling sea, this tile has spider corners and two pinholes close to them. Center: Ca. 1650. Pale pink clay. Approx. 5" x 5" (thickness obscured by frame). This depiction of a three-masted warship in full sail with guns run out and four crewmen visible is striking for its realistic treatment of waves and spray and the care taken in drawing the rigging. The tile has spider corners with inset pinholes. Right: Ca. 1650–1700. Orange clay flecked with iron. 4.88" x 4.88" x .31". This tile illustrates a single-masted pinnace with two crewmen and a chevron sea. There is a pinhole .55" in from two of the oxhead corners. |