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Dish (Leaf dish or pickle leaf)
1750-1770
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Staffordshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Stoneware (salt-glazed)
- Salt glaze
Museum Object Number
2003.0013.055
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Mrs. Helen Shumway Mayer
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Object Number
2003.0013.055
Object Name
Dish (Leaf dish or pickle leaf)
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Staffordshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Date
1750-1770
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Label
Location: Underside
Inscription: Round black adhesive label printed in gold, "GUARANTEED/ D. M. & P. MANHEIM/ 46 EAST57TH STREET/ NEW YORK CITY/GENUINE"
Type: Label
Location: Underside
Inscription: Small white rectangular label, handwritten in blue ink, "40"
Mark/Signature: No
Materials
- Stoneware (salt-glazed)
- Salt glaze
Techniques
- Molded
Dimensions (inches)
1 (H) x 7.188 (W) x 9.75 (L)
Dimensions (centimeters)
2.54 (H) x 18.258 (W) x 24.765 (L)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Grigsby, Leslie B. 1990 The Henry H. Weldon Collection: English Pottery, Stoneware and Earthenware 1650-1800.
• Similar example on a different ground: p. 111, no. 37Book: Skerry, Janine E. & Hood, Suzanne Findlen. 2009 Salt-Glazed Stoneware in Early America.
• Similar example with ownership history in Gelston/Ashley family of Westfield, Massachusetts: pp. 148-9, fig. 15Book: Walford, Tom & Massey, Roger. Creamware and Pearlware Re-examined.
• Fragmentary biscuit creamware waster of leaf dish with relief leaves and bird (resembling 2003.0013.055 type): p. 258, no. 9, noting several bird and fruit pattern leaves from Hounslow site; the Iseleworth version showing the bird facing left.Book: Edwards, Diana & Hampson, Rodney. 2005 White Salt-glazed Stoneware of the British Isles.
• Similar model salt-glazed white stoneware dish identified as "Pickle leaf": p. 167, col. pl. 136, probably Staffordshire, c. 1755