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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 238728, member: 2844&quot;]This does not look like Gouda.</p><p>The dress is from Urk, which is also the village in the background. It says Urk in the corner. Urk used to be an island, but is now a fishing village in one of the Dutch polders (reclaimed land).</p><p>There is a ceramics town not far from Urk, it is Makkum in Friesland, the north of The Netherlands. Makkum produces coloured ware as well as blue and white, and is famous for its tiles.</p><p>Urk:</p><p><img src="https://s14-eu5.ixquick.com/cgi-bin/serveimage?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpreviews.123rf.com%2Fimages%2Fkruwt%2Fkruwt0907%2Fkruwt090700007%2F5139158-Aerial-view-of-Urk-an-old-fishing-village-of-the-Netherlands-Stock-Photo.jpg&amp;sp=3d9d63a99b4f488a0ddde898fc695f6d" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The size of the black outer caps (Urk dress has layered caps, black caps are for mourning) on your tile is of an early date, it is smaller now:</p><p><img src="https://s14-eu5.ixquick.com/cgi-bin/serveimage?url=https%3A%2F%2Fnl.zooverresources.com%2Fimages%2FE51653L2B10054D0W900H675%2FKlederdracht-Urk.jpg&amp;sp=d1c01ccfda40b3b75f86741343074be9" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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