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Oblong Dish

Dateca. 1785

OriginAsia, China, Jingdezhen

MediumHard-paste porcelain

DimensionsOH: 1 3/8"; OL: 16 1/8"; OD: 13 3/8".

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Edna G. Tucker and Ms. Wendy S. Tucker in memory of Edward Bolton (Teddy) Tucker, M.B.E.

Object number2024-80,13

DescriptionDish: oblong dish of six-lobed silver shape; the broad molded rim painted in underglaze blue with a Fitzhugh-type border and traces of gold to the edge of the dish; the cavetto decorated with an underglaze blue cell border between blue concentric lines; a gilt husk border at the well enclosing a central crest of a splayed eagle atop a crown torse within a U-shaped floral swag tied at the center with a purple bow. Decorated ensuite with 2024-80,1-12.ProvenanceDescended in the Tucker families of New York and Bermuda. Passed down to Catharine Fitch Tucker [February 28, 1879-August 22, 1970] of Paget, Bermuda, who gifted the piece to her nephew, Edward Bolton (Teddy) Tucker, MBE [May 8, 1929-June 9, 2014]; it then descended to his daughter Wendy Susan Tucker who subsequently gifted it to the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation in 2024.