Vegetable dish
Category
Ceramics
Date
Unknown
Materials
Porcelain
Place of origin
England
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Tyntesfield, North Somerset
NT 21478.11
Summary
Two vegetable dishes - part of china dinner service; cream colour with green outline on fluted edges. Border of stylised peony-type pink flowers with green/turquoise stems, leaves and buds. Inscribed on base: CREAM PETAL over rectangle which contains a three-masted old-fashioned sailing ship /GRINDLEY/ENGLAND. Handles have scroll decoration. Floral design in side bowl. Green line halfway up outside bowl.
Provenance
Purchased from the estate of the late Lord Wraxall with the assistance of the NHMF and donations from members and supporters.
Marks and inscriptions
CREAM PETAL / (sailing ship motif) / GRINDLEY / ENGLAND