DELFTWARE Dining and Related Wares 
               Dishes and Plates 
 
 
Royal. Martial, and Other Historical Figures 
and Events 
 
 
H.: 15/8" (4.1 cm); Diam.: 9" (22.9 cm) 
 
 
BODY CLAY: Fine-grained 
medium buff. 
TIN GLAZE: Pale turquoise with 
 
 
pitting on exterior and in blue-painted 
areas of interior. 
SHAPE: Thrown over hump mold. 
Shape C with lower footrim. 
DECORATION: Painted. Mary II. 
Inscribed "QM." Circle border. 
 
 
he attribution of this dish to Brislington rests on its glaze color, painting

style, and shape. Although it sometimes is difficult to determine if "QM"
ini- 
tialed portraits represent Mary of Modena or Mary II (see no. D20), there
is 
little doubt that the latter queen is commemorated on this example. Nearly

identical portraits appear on two dishes that have encircling wreaths resem-

bling that on a William III dish in this collection (no. D29).1 Such wreaths
are 
only known around portraits inscribed "QM" or "KW." Somewhat
similar por- 
traits of Mary, perhaps after different design sources, also appear on delftware

with "QM" initials and, in at least one case, show the queen with
William III 
and the initials "WMR." 
 
 
Ex coil.: H. E. Ward, 
 
 
I1 
 
 
1. Sotheby's (L), june 3, 1980, lot 26: Christie's 
(L), February 27, 1989, lot 135. 
2. Archer, Brislington, p. 158, pl. 13; Manchester 
City Art Gallery collection (no. 1923-226): Wad- 
desdon Manor, Buckinghamshire, collection 
("WMR" dish). 
 
 
58 The Longridge Collection 
 
 
D25. DISH 
Brislington 
1689-1694