Cake dish
Fenton China Co.
Category
Ceramics
Date
1850 - 1875
Materials
Ceramic Ink Glaze
Measurements
26 mm (Height); 276 mm (Diam)
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575 Wandsworth Road, London
NT 1513457
Summary
A blue transfer printed ceramic cake dish base, by J Kent, Fenton. Round in form with a pie crust rim, folded down to form an apron around the plate. The rim decorated with a frieze of scrolling foliage and flowers, the dished centre depicting a gent riding through rural countryside past a cottage.
Provenance
Bequeathed to the National Trust by Khadambi Asalache upon his death in 2006; acquired fully in November 2010.
Marks and inscriptions
Underside: “J. KENT / FENTON / ENGLAND” within a globe surmounted by a crown. Over “YE OLDE / FOLEY WARE”.
Makers and roles
Fenton China Co., manufacturer