Dish (Sweetmeat or pickle dish)

Derby Porcelain Works

1760-1770

Category

Ceramics

Creator (Role)

Derby Porcelain Works (Maker)

Place of Origin

Derby; Derbyshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe

Date

1760-1770

Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label

Type: Mark

Location: Underside

Inscription: Three patch marks

Mark/Signature: Yes

Materials

Porcelain (soft-paste)
Lead glaze

Techniques

Hand modeled
Molded
Painted
Slip-cast

Dimensions (inches)

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

Dimensions (centimeters)

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

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

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Dish (Sweetmeat or pickle dish)

Derby Porcelain Works

1760-1770