Shell-shaped dish
Gallery Location
Not on View
Maker
Wedgwood (English, est. 1759)
Medium
Solid white jasperware with black enamel trim
Geography
Etruria, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England
Date
c.1790-1800
Dimensions
21.6 cm
Object number
984.18.55
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. G. Egerton Brown. Certified by the Canadian Cultural Property Export Review Board under the terms of the Cultural Property Export and Import Act. Attestée par la Commission canadienne d'examen des exportations de biens culturels en vertu de la Loi sur l'exportation et l'importation de biens culturels.
Collection
Department
Art & Culture: Europe
Description
Mrs. Brown, the donor, noted that the ceramic scholar Dr. Leudders dated this piece to ca. 1790–1800 on the basis of the reversed first “D” in Wedgwood. The body and the finish seem compatible with such a dating.
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