sweetmeat dish
Summary
Bone china dish in the form of a large turquoise glazed (bleu celeste) scalloped shell resting on three clear glazed feet. The handle is formed by a winged cherub who is perched on the edge of the shell. The cherub holds a fish and under him seaweed fans out across the underside of the shell. Apart from the shell, the rest of the dish is clear glazed.
Object Name
sweetmeat dish
Creators Name
Date Created
c 1884
Dimensions
object: 17cm x 17.5cm
accession number
1884.30
Collection Group
Place of creation
Stoke-on-Trent
Medium
Credit
Purchased
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