Finely painted in overglaze enamels in shades of red, turquoise, yellow and black with an overall marine scene depicting a large three-masted two-decked vessel under full sail in rough turquoise waters. Flags fly from the tops of her masts, the bowsprit and stern, and the arms of Zeeland (a lion emerging from waves), appear on the stern beneath the date 1700. A long rowing boat, carrying passengers and crew and bearing a large Dutch flag, is shown in the foreground; two others ships are faintly depicted in the far distance below a cloudy sky. The scene is encircled with a narrow pattern imitating a famille verte piecrust border, painted in red, turquoise and black enamels, and which is repeated on the revers of the dish.
