Sweetmeat dish
Date1745-1749
Artist/Maker
Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory
(1745-1769)
OriginEngland, Chelsea
MediumSoft-paste porcelain
DimensionsH: 3 1/8"; W: 5 5/8" X 6"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1962-69
DescriptionWhite dish composed of three shells, each on separate open rockwork base with applied shells and coral, and all connected in the center with rockwork and coral to form a handle. Unmarked.Label TextThis rare example incorporates three of the familiar shell salts, attached with seaweed and shell and with a piece of coral forming the finial or handle. Among the few surviving dishes of this shape is one in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
InscribedNone
MarkingsNone
ProvenanceEx coll: M.G. Kaufman
ca.1755
1745-1749
1745-1749
ca. 1765
ca. 1755
ca. 1785
1768-1775
1760-1780
1815-1816
ca. 1700