Dish
ca. 1830 (made)
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Sweetmeat dish of porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. In the form of an open bivalve supported on the tails of two dolphins which rests on an oblong plinth coloured to imitate marble. Painted in various colours and with gilt edges.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Porcelain painted with enamels and gilded |
| Brief description | Sweetmeat dish of porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, Rockingham Ceramic Factory, Swinton, ca. 1830. |
| Physical description | Sweetmeat dish of porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. In the form of an open bivalve supported on the tails of two dolphins which rests on an oblong plinth coloured to imitate marble. Painted in various colours and with gilt edges. |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by Herbert Allen |
| Object history | One of a pair with C.771-1935. |
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| Accession number | C.771A-1935 |
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| Record created | August 6, 2009 |
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