Object Number 1962.0507

Object Name

Dish (Fruit dish)

Category

Ceramics

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Place of Origin

Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

1760-1785

Materials

Earthenware (creamware); Lead glaze

Techniques

Press-molded

Dimensions (inches)

1.75 (H) , 11 (Diam)

Dimensions (centimeters)

4.445 (H) , 27.94 (Diam)

Object Description

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Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Luxmoore, Chas. F. C. 1924 English Saltglazed Earthenware.
• Four variations on this dish model: pl. 32
[Book] Detweiler, Susan Gray. 1982 George Washington's Chinaware.
• Similar salt-glazed dish (perhaps not pierced) owned by George Washington: p17, no. 2, noting excavated fragments.
[Catalogue] Northeast Auctions, Portsmouth NH (auction catalogue).
• Pink luster version of dish impressed "Drab Porcelain": July 31-August 2, 2009, lot 1405, possibly Thomas Lakin factory, Staffordshire, c. 1810-25
[Book] Mountford, Arnold R. 1971 The Illustrated Guide to Staffordshire Salt-Glazed Stoneware.
• Oval and circular versions of the dish in salt-glazed stoneware: nos. 147-49, Staffordshire, c. 1760