dish



dish

Summary

An oval dish with straight splayed sides and a metal rim with a small metal ring to one end. Enamel on metal and painted on the bottom with an extensive classical landscape with sheep, goats and a dog among classical ruins next to a lake, with two figures fishing in the background. The sides are painted inside with eight sprays of flowers divided by scrolls in blue, and outside with four panels of classical landscapes within blue scroll borders divided by flowers in blue. All on a white ground.


Object Name

dish

Date Created

1760-1780

Dimensions

object: 4.3cm x 19cm

accession number

1958.648

Place of creation

South Staffordshire

Medium

Credit

Harold Raby bequest

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