I Found the artist: according to the literature Theodorus Adrianus Steenwinkel, male, born 21 March 1912, worked for the Plateelbakkerij (Ceramics manufacturer) Zuid-Holland, the province Gouda it is in, (short PZH), from 1926-1929. and possibly later periods. However, (the literature is not always correct) I would date the charger.. between c. 1914 and c. 1918... based on similar decors and ways of marking. As often, it is difficult to date these pieces...A 'false memory', reconsidered....... For years, a large, high-gloss, painted charger hung on a wall of Les Recontres, the cabin in N, Ga. I'd not seen the charger in almost 2 decades, since I had not been there, even once in this century.....so I asked that the charger be brought back to Atlanta......I was surprised to notice that the charger, that I thought was an AMPHORA pottery art piece, from Austria, was not that, but a GOUDA piece, from Holland......So, it has sat on the floor of my living room for a couple of years, awaiting some 'research' to revel it's designer/maker......."T S" or "S T" whose mark, like many other GOUDA designers, is a 'House'.......So, far, I have no idea of it's designer/painter.....or.....where to put it.......It would function as a big platter for spaghetti, but I never make 'a big bowl of spaghetti'.....Perhaps, a big Dutch Baby Pancake with raspberries and blueberries would look appealing on it..
