Collection Highlights
"St. Nicholas. Dec. 6th. A.D. 343"
Date:
1810
Object Number:
LIB.SY.1810.94
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Junket dish
Object Number:
1957.298b
Date:
1765-1790
Medium:
Porcelain
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 in. ( 25.4 cm )
Marks:
maker's mark: hatched crescent
Description:
Porcelain deep form dish with scalloped border, interior molded with three scallop shells in which fruits are printed in underglaze blue; central six-lobed molded circle is printed with "pine cone" pattern; six floral sprays printed, each below a corresponding rim curve; interior printed with large vegetables; inside rim painted in underglaze blue; dentil border.
Gallery Label:
This piece is from an assembled set of Worcester blue and white soft paste porcelain assembled by collector Edmund Astley Prentis (1883-1967).
Credit Line:
Gift of Dr. Edmund Astley Prentis
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
