Dish

1779-99 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Sweetmeat or dessert dish or basket of soft-paste porcelain with decoration moulded in relief and transfer-printed in underglaze blue. Circular in shape with outward slanting openwork sides composed of interlaced circles with blue flowers in relief applied at the points of intersection. Inside, is a Chinese fishing scene, and round the rim is cell diaper.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain with decoration moulded in relief and transfer-printed in underglaze blue
Brief description
Sweetmeat or dessert dish or basket of soft-paste porcelain with decoration moulded in relief and transfer-printed in underglaze blue, Caughley Porcelain Factory, Caughley, ca. 1779-1799.
Physical description
Sweetmeat or dessert dish or basket of soft-paste porcelain with decoration moulded in relief and transfer-printed in underglaze blue. Circular in shape with outward slanting openwork sides composed of interlaced circles with blue flowers in relief applied at the points of intersection. Inside, is a Chinese fishing scene, and round the rim is cell diaper.
Dimensions
  • Height: 4.1cm
  • Diameter: 13.3cm
Marks and inscriptions
Number 5 disguised [possibly an S]
Credit line
Given by Alfred Darby, Esq.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
For this pattern see The Caughley Society, Caughley Blue & White Patterns (2012), cat. B03, where dated 1779-99
Collection
Accession number
C.192-1921

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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