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Pickle tray
Lowestoft porcelain factory - Enlarge image
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