Shell-shaped Sweetmeat Dish

Date1755-1760

Maker Worcester Porcelain Manufactory

MediumPorcelain, soft-paste with blue

DimensionsOverall: 4 7/8in. (12.4cm)

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 number2006-49

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