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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.
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ProvenanceEx coll: M.G. Kaufman