Dutch plate commemorating the Armistice after World War I

dc.contributor.authorVan der Want Plateelbakerij Ivora, P.
dc.date.accessioned2016-07-07T07:55:19Z
dc.date.available2016-07-07T07:55:19Z
dc.date.created1918
dc.date.issued2010
dc.descriptionThis round white tin-glazed plate is decorated with an orange and blue rope-motif on the cavetto. Then there are four scrolls bearing the names “FOCH”, “ERZBERGER”, “WILSON” and “LLOYD GEORGE”. Inside the central oval panel surrounded by a laurel wreath are the words “WAPENSTILSTAND, 11-11, 1918, 11 UUR V.M” and two doves of peace are perched on top of the wreath. Below the wreath is a rising sun and two swords, the one broken and the other supporting a small laurel wreath. The four names on the plate all played important roles in the war and in the signing of the armistice. Ferdinand Foch was Marshall of France during the final stages of World War I and signed for France; Matthias Erzberger, a German politician signed for Germany. Although not formally at the signing of the Armistice, Lloyd George, the British Prime Minister, was represented by Admiral Rosslyn Erskine Wemyss. Although the name of Woodrow Wilson, the President of the USA appears on the plate, he was not represented at the meeting. On 11 November 1918 a formal armistice was signed between Germany and the Allies in a railroad carriage at Compiégne in France.en_ZA
dc.description.sponsorshipCeramic 101en_ZA
dc.format.extent38 mm x 278 mmen_ZA
dc.format.mediumTin-glazed earthenwareen_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/54113
dc.publisherDepartment of the University of Pretoria Arten_ZA
dc.relation.ispartofseriesUP-Art : paintings, drawings and sculpturesen_ZA
dc.relation.ispartofseriesD707689en_ZA
dc.rightsCopyright of the electronic version, University of Pretoria.en_ZA
dc.subjectWhite tin-glazed plateen_ZA
dc.titleDutch plate commemorating the Armistice after World War Ien_ZA
dc.typeImageen_ZA

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