Small Delftware Dish Depicting a Putto with Ball

A charming tin-glazed earthenware small dish, moulded with a scalloped and lobed rim, painted in a limited palette of blue and yellow with a central putto or cherub playing with a ball, seated before a stylised fence or garden motif. The cavetto is encircled by a broad border of alternating scrolls and foliage, forming a rhythmic frieze, the rim with a faint ochre line.
The naïve but lively brushwork, together with the scalloped press-moulded form, is characteristic of late 17th-century delftware made in both the Netherlands (Haarlem, Delft, or Rotterdam) and in England (London, Lambeth, or Brislington), where Dutch-trained artisans introduced similar forms. The use of a yellow enamel accent—applied sparingly to hair, foliage, and border—is a notable feature of Dutch “bleu persan” or English “blue-dash” traditions of the same date.
Condition:
Typical fritting and small glaze losses to rim; overall fine and stable condition with a soft, even glaze surface.