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Fruit dish

Dateca. 1765

OriginEngland, Liverpool (probably)

MediumTin-glazed earthenware (delft)

DimensionsDiam: 6 1/2"

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1962-101

DescriptionShallow bowl with cylindrical foot ring and a punchwork band of interlocking circles below the rim. Bluish tin glaze decorated in blue with lines around the openwork and a scene of three women at a tea table on the interior: one woman is reading tea leaves and saying "You Will Be Maried Sune," and the other two are saying "dose She tell trw" and "I wish I head mine told trw." On the exterior, three floral sprays.
InscribedInscriptions "You Wiil Be Maried Sune"; "dose She tell trw"; and "I wish I head mine told trw."
MarkingsNo
ProvenanceThomas Scholes
Tilley & Co., London