Serving dish
Category
Ceramics
Date
1752 - 1757
Materials
Ceramic
Measurements
297 mm (Width); 420 mm (Length)
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Erddig, Wrexham
NT 1146271.1
Summary
Platter or tureen stand, from an Irish(?) delftware part dinner service, tin-glazed earthenware, decorated with peonies and other flowers in baskets in the 'Chinese Flower-Bowl' pattern; the service comprises a rectangular, eight-sided serving dish, a rectangular tureen lid with a pear-shaped handle, and also three soup plates, Henry Delamain factory, World's End pottery, 1752-57.
Full description
The service is recorded in L. M. Yorke's List of 1911. For the pattern, which was also produced in Liverpool, see Peter Francis, Irish Delftware: an Illustrated History, 2000 col. pl. 12.
Provenance
Given by Philip Yorke III (1905-1978) along with the estate, house and contents to the National Trust in 1973.
Marks and inscriptions
On the under-side of the base.: [Chinese type mark]