Pickle or Sweetmeat Dish

Dateca. 1740

MediumTin-glazed earthenware (delft)

DimensionsL(of side): 4 3/4"; Depth: 4 1/4"; H: 3/4"

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1960-265

DescriptionMolded triangular dish with sloping sides. Whitish tin glaze decorated in blue: the center, the roof of a house; on the sides, stylized flowers and leaves.
Label TextSweetmeat dishes of this shape were also produced in white salt-glazed stoneware. The accounts of John and Thomas Wedgwood refer to them as "Triangular Stands."
InscribedNo
MarkingsNo
ProvenanceA. F. Allbrook, Old English Furniture, Pottery & Porecelain, London