Pedestal dish
Category
Ceramics
Date
Unknown
Materials
ceramic
Measurements
270 mm (H); 215 mm (W)
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Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 285505
Summary
A black pedestal dish (epergne?) on a long stem with a circular base. The dish has an edge cut into pointed petal shapes and outlined with gold. The stem becomes thicker towards its base and the circular base also has its edge picked out in gold. The dish is decorated in greens, whites and browns, with small birds on branches. The bottom of the stem and base is decorated with small butterflies and branches in the same colour.