Collection Highlights
Cayambe
1858
S-91
Oil on canvas
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Luce Center
Assembled Set of Worcester blue and White Soft Paste: pickle dish
Object name
Assembled Set of Worcester blue and White Soft Paste: pickle dish
Date
1770-1775
Medium
Porcelain
Dimensions
Overall: 2 3/4 x 5 1/4 in. ( 7 x 13.3 cm )
Description
Press molded scallop shell-shaped porcelain pickle dish with scrolled shell end as a handle; printed in underglaze blue with pictures of garden produce (melons, berries, nuts, mushrooms) and leaves inside, with feathered painted blue border; mark in the form of a hatched crescent in blue.
Credit Line
Gift of Dr. Edmund Astley Prentis
Object Number
1957.295
Marks
painted: in blue: hatched crescent
Gallery Label
This piece may be considered rare because this print appears only on this shape of dish.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
