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Vegetable Dish

1800-1900 (made)
Place of origin
Stoke-upon-Trent (made)

Dishes: eight incurved sides and supported on four gilt scrolled feet. Painted round the inside and outside with a broad blue band with flowers and fruit in shaped panels; inside in the middle is a large bunch of flowers and fruit.
Covers: similarly decorated and has a loop handle terminating at either in a lion's mask.

Object details

Object type
vegetable dish
Parts
This object consists of 4 parts.

  • Vegetable Dish
  • Cover (Closure)
  • Cover (Closure)
  • Cover (Closure)
Materials and techniques
Porcelain
Porcelain
Gilding
Brief description
One of eight vegetable dishes and covers of porcelain, painted in colours and decorated with gilding. Mark, "Spode 5061" written in gold. English (Stoke-upon-Trent); first half of 19th century.
Physical description
Dishes: eight incurved sides and supported on four gilt scrolled feet. Painted round the inside and outside with a broad blue band with flowers and fruit in shaped panels; inside in the middle is a large bunch of flowers and fruit.
Covers: similarly decorated and has a loop handle terminating at either in a lion's mask.
Dimensions
  • Height: 16.5cm
  • Length: 29.5cm
  • Weight: 24.4cm
Marks and inscriptions
Transliteration
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Credit line
Given by Miss H.M. Gulson
Object history
Given by Miss H. M. Gulson in 1902.
Associated objects
Bibliographic references
  • von Marschall, Isabelle, et al. From the origins of European porcelain to Art Déco style. In: Siemen, Wilhelm. From a king's dream to mass production: 300 years of European porcelain. Porzellanikon Selb and Hohenberg a.d. Eger: Catalogue of the Anniversary Exhibition. Hohenberg: Deutsches Porzellanmuseum, 2010. 4 vols., ill. One of a set of four catalogues published to accompany the exhibition held at the Porzellanikon Selb and Hohenberg a.d. Eger, 24 April - 2 November 2010. p 291. ISBN: 9783940027092
  • Siemen, Wilhelm, From a King’s Dream to Mass Production: 300 years of European Porcelain, Hohenberg: Deutsches Porzellanmuseum, 2010.
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
584H&I-1902

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Record createdMay 2, 2018
Record URL
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