Artist: Pieter Van Der Want
Date: 1918
Size: 23 x 2 cm
Museum: University of Pretoria Museums (Pretoria, South Africa)
Technique: Ceramic
A World War I Dutch Ivora neutrality plate that was created by the P van der Want Plateelbakkerij Ivora or Ivora Ceramic Kiln, in the town of Gouda. It celebrates the neutrality of The Netherlands during the First World War (1914-1918) and depicts a Dutch soldier standing steadfast on a rock among a stormy sea. The polychrome decoration has a matt underglaze and is marked Ivora Gouda No 179.
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