A blue and white plate with soldiers at camp, Makkum, Friesland, dated 1764

Dia.: 26,5 cm

After an engraving by Frederick Bloemaert (1614/17-1669) which was part of the series Labors of the months.
Dia.: 26,5cm
Dated 1764 and inscribed Junius, indicating it may have been part of a months' series of plates.

Painter: Gatse Sytses (ca. 1724-1798)
Provenance: The collection of the "Harlinger Aardewerk Museum"
Depicted in: Fries Aardewerk, Collection Minze van den Akker, 2007, page 224, nr. 0241262

A set of 3 similar plates, dated 1757, is illustrated in Aronson, 2010, Dutch Delftware, p. 114, nr. 64.
Another set of 3, of later date, is in the Fries Museum, Leeuwarden, on loan from the Ottema-Kingma foundation.

Condition: Intact, with typical small chips around the rim.