Dish
ca. 1750 (made)
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Sweetmeat dish, of soft-paste porcelain, in the form of a conventional shell, encrusted with three murex shells forming supports, a limpet and other smaller shells and coral.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Soft-paste porcelalin |
| Brief description | Sweetmeat dish, of soft-paste porcelain, in the form of a conventional shell, made by Bow Porcelain Factory, London, ca. 1750. |
| Physical description | Sweetmeat dish, of soft-paste porcelain, in the form of a conventional shell, encrusted with three murex shells forming supports, a limpet and other smaller shells and coral. |
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| Credit line | Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber |
| Object history | One of a pair of dishes with 414:154/A-1885 (Sch. I 10A) The pair was purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Allworthy, London, for £5 in January 1869 |
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| Other number | Sch. I 10 - Schreiber number |
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| Accession number | 414:154-1885 |
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| Record created | December 2, 2008 |
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