Shell-shaped dish
Manufacturer
Worcester Porcelain Manufactory
(English, founded 1751)
CultureEnglish
Dateca. 1770
MediumSteatitic (soapstone) soft-paste porcelain, underglaze blue ground, overglaze enamels, gilding
DimensionsOverall: 2 9/16 × 4 15/16 × 5 1/8 in. (6.5 × 12.5 × 13 cm)
MarkingsOpen crescent in underglaze blue
DescriptionA dish shaped as a shell with scrolled handle. Painted in colours with a European bouquet within a blue border. Accented with gilt scrollwork and dentil bands at rim.
Credit LineThe Radlett Collection of 18th Century English Porcelain
Object numberG13.12.3
Classifications
European CeramicsSub-classification
English PorcelainStatus
Not on view
Artist / Maker: Worcester Porcelain Manufactory
ca.1768-1770
Object number: G13.12.1.1-2
Artist / Maker: Worcester Porcelain Manufactory
ca. 1755
Object number: G23.8.137
Artist / Maker: James Giles
ca.1768-1770; decorated in London, ca.1768-1770
Object number: G23.8.110
Artist / Maker: Worcester Porcelain Manufactory
ca.1755
Object number: G12.1.1
Artist / Maker: Worcester Porcelain Manufactory
ca. 1785
Object number: G13.12.2a-d