Lovely 18th Century Hand-painted Delftware Plate with Flower and Bud desk object but creating just the right

but creating just the right amount of visual interest in its absence

with holes along left edge

I'm terrible identifying woods but this looks like oak to me

Photos don’t do justice to this one

Lovely 18th Century Hand-painted Delftware Plate with Flower and Bud desk object but creating just the rightA hand painted Delft plate, mid 2nd half 18th century, which, had I come across it in a museum vitrine filled with antique delftware and faience I would absolutely covet. With the flower and bud rendered in a similar manner to an 18th c. botanical drawing like a plum colored honeycomb in this full frontal view, just waiting for the bees to arrive, and with the bud as if in cross section view. Elegant and folky both, and very crisp feeling regardless