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Dessert dishes

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.