World War I Dutch Ivora Neutrality Plate – (Pieter Van Der Want) Previous Next


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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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