ROOKWOOD Jewel Porcelain plate painted by William Hentschel in blue and white Chinoiserie, 1924. (Exhibited in "After the China Taste: China's Influence in America, 1730-1930," catalog #53, p. 69. Peabody Museum of Salem, Salem, Massachusetts, 1985.) Flame mark/XXIV/K2A/artist's cipher. 10 1/4" dia.

"This plate was apparently painted with the point of the brush in stipple technique, perhaps to impart a misty quality or to simulate craquelure. Intended or not, there is a quality very reminiscent of an earlier style... This is a modern 'take' on the Wan-Li decorations of the late 17th C., as they appeared on Dutch Delft and German faience, Canton, and Nanking. This plate is also from John D. Wareham's collection. "