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
Collection Group
Place of creation
South Staffordshire
Medium
Credit
Harold Raby bequest
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