Shell salt or spice dish
Manufacturer
Bow Porcelain Works
(English, 1744 - 1776)
CultureEnglish
Datec.1752-1755
MediumPhosphatic (bone ash) soft-paste porcelain with overglaze enamels
DimensionsOverall: 15.5 × 17.5 × 17 cm (6 1/8 × 6 7/8 × 6 11/16 in.)
MarkingsNone
DescriptionAn extremely rare and very early Bow shell salt or spice dish, modelled after an original design by J.A. Meissonier, which was engraved by Gabriel Huquier, in the 'Silver Taste', formed as a scallp shell on a triple shell support of Carribean conus Gigas shells further applied with native English estuary shells such as limpets, turret shells and cockles.
Credit LineGift of William B.G. Humphries
Object numberG23.8.4
Classifications
European CeramicsSub-classification
English PorcelainStatus
Not on view
Artist / Maker: Jean-Claude Duplessis
c.1750-1752
Object number: G83.1.1095.1-2
Artist / Maker: Claudius Innocentius du Paquier Factory
c.1735
Object number: G83.1.1062.1-.2
Artist / Maker: Minton
c.1800-1815
Object number: G98.1.18.1-2
