Shell-shaped Sweetmeat Dish
Date1755-1760
Maker
Worcester Porcelain Manufactory
OriginEngland, Worcester
MediumSoft-paste porcelain
DimensionsOverall: 6 1/4in. (15.9cm)
Credit LineMuseum Purchase, Wesley and Elise H. Wright in memory of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Clay Hofheimer II and in honor of John C. Austin
Object number2006-48
DescriptionScallop-shell shaped dish painted in the upper surface in underglaze blue with peonies and other flowers beside a rock with a bird perched on it.MarkingsPainted workman's mark in underglaze blue on base.
ProvenanceJill Fenichell, Brooklyn, New York
1755-1760
ca. 1750
ca. 1760
ca. 1745
ca. 1765
ca. 1765
1768-1775
ca. 1750
1755-1758
1770-1780
ca. 1700
1744-1749