Object Detail
Description
dish, shell-shaped, of deep asymmetric form, centre of one side scrolled to form a handle, with blue enamel rims, on two shell feet. This object was made at the end of the period by the Wedgwood pottery in Staffordshire, using the marine form and asyetry of the Rococo.
Maker and role
manufacturer: Wedgwood potteries (estab. 1759)
Production place
Stoke-on-Trent, England
Production date
circa 1775
Media description
creamware, enamel decoration
Measurements
50 x 180 x 120 mm (each)
Inscriptions
Mark: impressed "Wedgwood"
Credit line
purchased with funds provided by the Nina Stanton 18th Century Porcelain Bequest, 2016
Project credit line
This digital record has been made available on TJC Collection Online through a significant donation from the OPENING DOORS fund, the generous support of The Friends of The Johnston Collection, and Digitisation Champion Christine Bell
Accession number
A1376
TJC reference number
1733
