Museum Collections
Luce Center
Assembled Set of Worcester blue and White Soft Paste: serving dish
Object Number:
1957.297a
Date:
1770-1780
Medium:
Porcelain
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 x 15 1/2 in. ( 7.6 x 39.4 cm )
Marks:
painted: on bottom: hatched crescent
Description:
Large circular twelve-lobed porcelain serving dish transfer-printed in underglaze blue in the "Pine Cone pattern"; the center arrangement of pine cones, pomegrantes and berries are surrounded by flower sprays,butterflies, and insects; the broad rim is transfer printed with larger floral sprays and the rim outlined with a painted blue line; mark in the form of a hatched crescent.
Credit Line:
Gift of Dr. Edmund Astley Prentis
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.