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Pickle Dish

Date1760-1765

OriginEngland, Staffordshire

MediumLead-glazed earthenware (creamware / cream-colored earthenware)

DimensionsOverall: 5 1/4in. (13.3cm)

Credit LineGift of Mr. Harry H. Coon

Object number2005-163,1

DescriptionStaffordshire creamware leaf-shaped sweetmeat dish of spade shape with a short stem-form handle, an irregularly fluted edge, an impressed network of veining and on the underside three peg feet, the whole covered in green glaze, the interior highlighted on the edge in manganese and a bit of ochre.
ProvenancePurchased from David Newbon, London, England

Previously owned by Harry H. Coon of Glenview, IL