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Triple-Shell Sweetmeat Dish

Dateca.1755

Maker Bow Porcelain Manufactory 1749-1776

OriginEngland, London

MediumSoft-paste porcelain with pink, green, yellow, blue, and iron-red

DimensionsOverall: 5 1/8 x 6 13/16in. (13 x 17.3cm)

Credit LineMuseum Purchase, Wesley and Elise H. Wright in memory of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Clay Hofheimer II and in honor of John C. Austin

Object number2006-50

DescriptionTriple-shell sweetmeat or pickle dish composed of three large, deep shells on an open-work coral and shell encrusted base, the whole surmounted by a coral mound supporting a whelk shell. Coral base and mound and smaller shells painted overglaze in famille rose enamels predominantly in shades of pink, green, blue, yellow, iron-red and gray. Interior of large shells painted overglaze with famille rose enameled floral sprays, rockwork, and a yellow tiger-like animal.ProvenanceJill Fenichell, Brooklyn, New York