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Collections > Ceramics > Brush Back

Brush Back

Brush back of oval form, domed with the flat side pierced with many holes for the bristles (missing). The back decorated in blue with a nursery scene of a nurse seated on a chair holding a child, next to her is a cradle and a small circular table on the other side, raised upon a blue and white chequered floor. The child is urinating into a bucket on the floor.
Size: Length: 14 cm.

Artist / Maker: De Porceleyne Claeuw Factory

Place: Delft

Object Type: brush back

Actual Date: c. 1750

Century: 18th century

Material: Maiolica

Museum Accession Number: X.4244