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Pickle tray

Pickle tray

  • Place of origin:

    Lowestoft (made)

  • Date:

    ca. 1765 (made)

  • Artist/Maker:

    Lowestoft porcelain factory (manufacturer)

  • Materials and Techniques:

    Soft-paste porcelain, painted in underglaze blue

  • Credit Line:

    Given by E. F. Broderip, Esq.

  • Museum number:

    C.511-1924

  • Gallery location:

    Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery, case 7, shelf 6

Physical description

Pickle tray of soft-paste porcelain, in the form of a scallop shell, on three rectangular feet. Painted in underglaze blue with a flowering plum tree, in Chinese style, and a border of cresting.

Place of Origin

Lowestoft (made)

Date

ca. 1765 (made)

Artist/maker

Lowestoft porcelain factory (manufacturer)

Materials and Techniques

Soft-paste porcelain, painted in underglaze blue

Marks and inscriptions

'8' in blue
Inside one of the feet

Dimensions

Diameter: 11.4 cm

Descriptive line

Pickle tray, in the form of a scallop shell, soft-paste porcelain, painted in underglaze blue, made by Lowestoft porcelain factory, England, ca. 1765

Production Note

Date given by John Howell in 1981

Materials

Soft paste porcelain; Cobalt oxide

Techniques

Painted; Glazed

Subjects depicted

Plum tree; Cresting

Categories

Ceramics; Porcelain; Eating; Food vessels & Tableware

Collection

Ceramics Collection

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