Museum Collections
Luce Center
Dessert dishes
Object name
Dessert dishes
Date
1770-1780
Medium
Porcelain
Dimensions
Overall: 8 1/2 x 2 x 11 5/8 in. ( 21.6 x 5.1 x 29.5 cm )
Description
Pair of painted press molded diamond-shaped porcelain dishes with scalloped sides in the "Rubber Tree Plant" pattern; an underglaze blue decoration of broad veined leaves with central berries spray; trailing dark blue stems and vines and dark blue dentil rim border; exterior had four sets of wavy blue lines.
Credit Line
Gift of Dr. Edmund Astley Prentis
Object Number
1957.304ab
Marks
painted: pseudo oriental crossings X's in underglaze blue
Gallery Label
The patterns on these dishes are uncommon. As of 1989, no examples were known of in the public collections.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.





