Fruit Dish
1780-1800 (made)
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Fruit-dish of cream-coloured earthenware with pierced and moulded decoration, painted with purple enamel and gilded. In the middle is a bust portrait of a gentleman in the costume of the early 18th century. Oval with a wavy rim curving outwards, moulded with four shells and decorated with pierced devices. The edge is moulded with feather ornament picked out in purple. The portrait is in an oval medallion enclosed within a gilt oak wreath and surrounded by gilt floral sprays.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Earthenware with pierced and moulded decoration, painted with purple enamel and gilded |
| Brief description | Fruit-dish of cream-coloured earthenware with pierced and moulded decoration, painted with purple enamel and gilded, probably Leeds, 1780-1800. |
| Physical description | Fruit-dish of cream-coloured earthenware with pierced and moulded decoration, painted with purple enamel and gilded. In the middle is a bust portrait of a gentleman in the costume of the early 18th century. Oval with a wavy rim curving outwards, moulded with four shells and decorated with pierced devices. The edge is moulded with feather ornament picked out in purple. The portrait is in an oval medallion enclosed within a gilt oak wreath and surrounded by gilt floral sprays. |
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| Gallery label | Fruit-dish
Probably made in Leeds, 1780-1800
Cream-coloured earthenware
3545-1901 Jermyn Street Collection
Probably decorated outside the factory(23/05/2008) |
| Credit line | Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street |
| Production | Probably decorated outside the factory. |
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| Accession number | 3545-1901 |
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| Record created | March 31, 2008 |
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