Delftware tile with a skating scene

An image of Earthenware, tin-glazed white on the upper surface and painted in blue. A skating scene. A group of men skating on a frozen canal. In the background, two windmills, a church and houses. There is a hole in the top left and in the lower right corner. Height 12.6 cm, width 12.6 cm, depth 0.9 cm, circa 1700-1800. Netherlands.

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Earthenware, tin-glazed white on the upper surface and painted in blue. A skating scene. A group of men skating on a frozen canal. In the background, two windmills, a church and houses. There is a hole in the top left and in the lower right corner. Height 12.6 cm, width 12.6 cm, depth 0.9 cm, circa 1700-1800. Netherlands.

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Accession Number: C.2816-1928
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 1024 pixels
Image width: 1006 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.6 (Macintosh)
Filesize: 286.00kB
Exposure time: 1/15
ISO Speed: 100
Captured: 2012:07:02 12:12:26

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18th Century Artist/Maker Christmas Date Delftware Department Fitz_AA Material Nationalities Netherlandish Object Type Other Keywords Winter Workflow Xmas _WF_AdOK _WF_KWD _WF_OPAC _WF_PCtd canals clothes clothing cold costume fashion frozen leisure male man men outdoor pottery seasons skaters skating tiles towns townsfolk village villagers weather windmills

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