Dish
Date1710-1730
Attributed to
Samuel Malkin
MediumEarthenware, lead-glaze
DimensionsH: 3 3/8"; D: 17 1/4"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1960-394
DescriptionLarge press molded circular dish with red body and serrated rim. Central pressed motif of three-branched tree with large single blossom (sunflower with face) at end of each branch. One tulip-shaped bud from each side branch, sits a bird with extended wings. Below central blossom is a relief rectangle with relief letters "SM." Entire interior coated with cream-colored slip. Rim border trailed in "fence-and-shadow" pattern in red and dark-brown slip. Same colors used on tree motif between raised ridges in filling technique similar to cloisonné. Interior coated with yellow lead glaze.Label TextThis press-molded and slip-trailed bird-and-sunflower dish is initialed "S" and "M" in relief flanking the stem. Attributed to Samuel Malkin of Burslem, the piece probably dates to the 1720s. Although this dish retains the traditional fence-and-shadow border, other examples probably from the same mold bear different trailed patterns around the rim.
InscribedNone
Markings"SM" molded in relief on face (Godden mark 2495)
Exhibition(s)
1700-1725
ca. 1715
ca. 1650
1800-1865
1800-1825
ca. 1755
ca. 1755
ca. 1810
ca. 1745
1800-1825
1760-1780