Object Number 2016.0034.012

Object Name

Dish (Sweetmeat or pickle dish)

Category

Ceramics

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of the estate of Nancy du Pont Cooch

Place of Origin

Liverpool, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Origin Notes

Liverpool or London.

Date

1755-1765

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Label; Underside; "2016.34.12" (ink)
2. Label; Underside, address label; "Mrs. W. Glasgow Reynolds / "Foxwood" Old Kennett Rd. / Greenville, Delaware" (ink, typed)
3. Label; Underside; "BRISTOL DELFTWARE / SWEETMEAT / CA 1760 - RARE / FORM IN ENGLISH / DELFTWARE" (ink, handwritten)

Materials

Earthenware (delftware, faience); Tin glaze

Dimensions (inches)

1.25 (H) , 7.187 (Diam)

Dimensions (centimeters)

3.175 (H) , 18.256 (Diam)

Measurement Notes

Measurements conducted by Cheryl Paine during collection review at donor's home in 2003.

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Britton, Frank. 1982 English Delftware in the Bristol Collection.
• Similar form dishes with floral motifs: nos. 9.36-.38 are three-welled, and 9.93 is a four-welled example. All with painted blue decoration.
[Book] Garner, Frederick Horace. 1948 English Delftware.
• Similar form dish with floral motifs: pl. 65A, five wells around central star-shaped well. Attributed to Lambeth, c. 1760
[Book] Austin, John C. 1994 British Delft at Williamsburg.
• Other delftware multi-welled dishes: nos. 389-391