https://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/28451/fullShell salt or spice dishca.1752-1755Bow Porcelain WorksOverall: 15.5 × 17.5 × 17 cm (6 1/8 × 6 7/8 × 6 11/16 in.)Phosphatic (bone ash) soft-paste porcelain with overglaze enamelsGift of William B.G. HumphriesG23.8.41An 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.18th Century European PorcelainBowEnglish PorcelainEarly English Porcelain[]European CeramicsEnglish Porcelain1841389165EnglishNone