Object Number 2003.0013.084

Object Name

Dish (Sweetmeat or pickle dish)

Category

Ceramics

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Mrs. Helen Shumway Mayer

Creator (Role)

Derby Porcelain Works (Maker)
c.1750-1848

Place of Origin

Derby, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

1760-1770

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Mark; Underside; Three patch marks

Materials

Porcelain (soft-paste); Lead glaze

Techniques

Hand modeled, Molded, Painted, Slip-cast

Dimensions (inches)

6.142 (H) , 9.217 (L) , 8.268 (W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

15.6 (H) , 23.41 (L) , 21 (W)

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Article] Grigsby, Leslie B. 11//2018 Nature Displayed on the Dinner Table. Antiques and Fine Art. (Winter): 104-5.
• Published: p. 105
[Book] Rice, Dennis G. 1983 Derby Porcelain: The Golden Years 1750- 1770.
• Very similar form Derby porcelain shell centerpiece with kingfisher: p. 155, no. 129, c. 1760-65. Interiors of shells feature painted insects.
[Catalogue] Northeast Auctions, Portsmouth NH (auction catalogue).
• Similarly molded sweetmeat stand: 02/23-25/2007; lot 1679
[Article] Crane, Paul. 2016 A question of attribution: a chinoiserie-moulded Worcester teapot exemplifying the moulded silver forms of the earliest English porcelain. Transactions of the English Ceramic Circle. 27: 33-47.
• Huquier engraving of Messonnier salt designs in Livres d'Ornements: p. 42, no. 16 (center), illustrates a somewhat similar form among several salt dish designs. See p. 43, nos. 19-20 for Bow and Worcester triple-shell dishes.
[Book] Karmason, Marilyn G. & Stacke, Joan B. 1980 Majolica: A Complete History and Illustrated Survey.
• (Later) majolica oyster stand of somewhat similar form: p. 45, Minton & Co. polychrome majolica stand featuring four tiers of shells topped by eel(?), c. 1856