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Dish

Dateca. 1755

Maker Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory (1745-1769)

OriginEngland, London, Chelsea

MediumSoft-paste porcelain

DimensionsOH: 2 3/4"; OD: 7 13/16".

Credit LineGift of Lois Wagner

Object number2024-101

DescriptionLeaf dish: irregularly shaped five-lobed dish with short foot ring, press molded with five inward pointing leaves; the leaves painted in green, pinkish red, and pink; the center painted with a fruit and vegetable cluster of a root vegetable (possibly an onion), cherries, a peapod, and a pink, yellow, and red, circular fruit. Marked with a red (appears dark brown) anchor on the underside. Three points of contact from a triangular stilt are visible on the underside within the foot ring.
MarkingsMarked with a red anchor on the underside within the foot ring.
ProvenancePrior to 2019 [Michele Beiny, Inc., New York, New York]; 2019-2024, acquired by Lois Wagner (Williamsburg, VA); April, 2024-present, The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA)