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Centerpiece (Sweetmeat or pickle stand)
1790-1800
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Probably Staffordshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Earthenware (pearlware)
- Lead glaze
Museum Object Number
1959.1085 A- C
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1959.1085 A- C
Object Name
Centerpiece (Sweetmeat or pickle stand)
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Probably Staffordshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Date
1790-1800
Subject(s)
- Classical
Materials
- Earthenware (pearlware)
- Lead glaze
Techniques
- Molded
- Painted
Dimensions (inches)
15.5 (H) x 11.3 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
39.3 (H) x 28.8 (Diam)
Measurement Notes
The measurements are overall.
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
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.
• Multilevel shell epergne of somewhat similar form in Vincennes porcelain: p. 41, no. 14, c. 1745Article: Teller, Barbara Gorely. 10//1968 Ceramics in Providence, 1750-1800: An Inventory Study. Antiques. 570-77.
• Providence, RI, inventory reference to "Cream Coloured Piramid": p. 577, in discussion of Joseph Brown's 1786 inventory. Among objects in his best bedroom.Book Series: Big House / Back Lot: An Archaeological Study of the Nathaniel Russell House (Archaeological Contributions 25).
• Creamware fragments of the shell dish of a centerpiece excavated in Charleston, SC: pp. 193-4, fig. 76Book: Archer, Michael. 2013 Delftware in the Fitzwilliam Museum.
• Multilevel shell centerpiece in Irish delftware: p. 278, no. G.12, World's End Pottery (Henry, Mary and William Delamain, Samuel Wilkinson), c. 1755-65Book: 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