# Dish with a Portrait of Prince William III as a Child

- By: anonymous
- Date: 1658
- Medium: earthenware, tin glaze, faience
- Classification: plate (dishes)
- Dimensions: diameter 20.5 cm
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/BK-NM-3133--7653088abf6d39b34bc7fcee15419aeb)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/EyOop/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Prince William III was eight years old when this dish with his portrait was made. The Delft pottery factories would continue to produce dishes and jugs with his portrait long after his death, not as royal commissions, but rather for private individuals intent on expressing their Orangist loyalties through such objects.