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Many of the extant seventeenth-century Delftware plaques with Western-style decoration date from the 1650s and 1660s. Some must have been framed, others have holes for hanging. In inventories of household effects these plaques are referred to as "porcelain paintings." Indeed, once framed, they looked like paintings. The example shown in the picture had a wooden frame at one time, for the hole drilled through the piece at top centre is not original.
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