Dish (Sweetmeat or pickle dish)

  • Category:

    Ceramics

  • Creator (Role):

    Cookworthy (Plymouth) and Champion's (Bristol) factory (Maker)

  • Place of Origin:

    Plymouth, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

  • Date:

    1768-1773

  • Materials:

    Porcelain (hard-paste)

  • Techniques:

    Molded, Hand modeled, Painted

  • Museum Object Number:

    1978.0072


  • Complete Details



Object Number

1978.0072

Object Name

Dish (Sweetmeat or pickle dish)

Category

Ceramics

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase

Creator (Role)

Cookworthy (Plymouth) and Champion's (Bristol) factory (Maker)
1770-1781

Place of Origin

Plymouth, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

1768-1773

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Label; Underside; Rectangular label with blue print: "Albert Amor Ltd./ Exhibition of the/ Peter Stephens/ Collection/ 1978" and in red ink: "N 0/6
2. Label; Underside; Rectangular label with black print: "Peter Stephens/ Collection/ PLYMOUTH/ No." and in blue ink: "143"

Materials

Porcelain (hard-paste)

Techniques

Molded, Hand modeled, Painted

Dimensions (inches)

4.035 (H) , 7.356 (L) , 6.988 (W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

10.25 (H) , 18.685 (L) , 17.75 (W)

Object Description

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Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Slipp, Naomi & Coughlin, Maura. 2023 A Singularly Marine & Fabulous Produce: The Cultures of Seaweed. 222.
Published: p. 113, no. 61
[Catalogue] George, Anne M. 1978 Exhibition of Plymouth & Bristol Porcelain c. 1768- 1780 from the Peter Stephens Collection.
Published: fig. 16
[Book] Mackenna, F. Severne. 1946 Cookworthy's Plymouth and Bristol Porcelain.
A triple shell center-piece, made by Tebo, and decorated in underglaze blue by a Worcester artist: fig. 60
[Book] Emerson, Julie, et al. 2000 Porcelain Stories: From China to Europe.
Plain white version with many modeling similarities but on three-dolphin base: p. 221, pl. 14.12, Plymouth-Bristol factory, c. 1770, hard paste porcelain