Dish
Date1755-1760
OriginEngland, Staffordshire
MediumStoneware, salt-glazed
DimensionsH: 1 1/2"; Diam: 9 3/4"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1964-66
DescriptionDish, of essentially round disposition and gently flaring outward. The edge modeled as a series of overlapping grape leaves with proud stem ends, constituting the irregular border of the dish. The foot ring triangular. The cool gray glaze with faint orange peel texture and black flecks. Parts of the underside of the dish with curious yellow toning. The decoration in over glaze polychrome enamels. The edges of the leaves picked out in two colors of green, with the stems and larger veins in magenta. The center of the dish with a large pink rose with associated stem and leaves and a few smaller flowers in blue and yellow behind.Inscribedno
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ProvenanceEx Coll: Frances Dickson
with Sotheby's 12 May 1964, lot 148
with Tilley & Co., London
Exhibition(s)
23 April 1773 (dated)
ca. 1755
ca. 1755
1775-1780
1752-1758
1753-1758
ca. 1785
ca. 1755
1765-1770
1770-1780