Slipware Plate
This plate has a slipware glaze in brown and yellow with a
triangle and leaf motif on the rim and "H/WH/1742" incorporated
into the central flower and bird decoration. It may have been made
to celebrate a marriage.
Before the 16th Century, it was common for only two meals to be
eaten throughout the day - one between early morming to noon and on
between late afternoon and night. Meal patterns began to shift and
the first meal was eaten later in the afternoon. Breakfast is not
thought to have become common until the 19th Century.
Grains, fats and meats were all standard in the diets of most
people during the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries, with cereals and
potatoes also becoming popular as their production increased.
Object no :
DMDM117a-b
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Accession number :
DUMFM:1960.5
Copyright :
Dumfries and Galloway Council
