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Char Dish

Date1815-1834

Maker Ralph Clews

OriginEngland, Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent, Cobridge

MediumLead-glazed earthenware (pearlware / china glaze / lusterware)

DimensionsDiam.: 6 7/8"; H: 2 1/6"

Credit LineGift of James W. Shaeffer

Object number2016-222

DescriptionChar dish of low cylindrical shape with lead-glazed underside and interior, the straight sides terminating in a slightly inverted foot. The sides painted with five sturgeon and the interior and exterior of the rim edged with pink luster and the exterior of the base encircled with a complementary line of pink luster.
MarkingsBase impressed "CLEWS"
ProvenanceEx collection: James W. Shaeffer