Soap dish cover
Category
Ceramics
Date
1878
Materials
Earthenware
Measurements
50 mm (H)110 mm (Diameter)
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Speke Hall, Merseyside
NT 1195600.2
Summary
Circular domed cover to missing soap dish, part of toilet set, with cruickshank (?) handle. Decorated with the 'Japan' pattern, prunus blossom branches moulded in relief, details picked out in turquoise enamel and gilt, additional gilt line borders. Dish missing.
Marks and inscriptions
JAPAN (and registration mark printed in underglaze black to underside of cover)