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| Figure 13 Tile, Holland, ca. 1640–1670. Delftware. 5" x 5" x .39". Here a young Triton is blowing a conch shell and a Nereid waves a large flag while riding on a seashell drawn by a none-too-happy dolphin. They appear to be racing along and may have been the seventeenth-century Dutch version of today’s jet skiers. The figures are well drawn, as is the zigzag version of the chevron sea. In contrast, the oxhead corners are sloppily treated. The gray-blue glaze is crazed overall, and the clay is brick red; the edges are only slightly beveled. This tile is unusual in having four rather than two pinholes, set .59" in from the corners. |