Shell dish
Category
Ceramics
Date
Unknown
Materials
earthenware
Measurements
175 mm (Height); 230 mm (Length)
Place of origin
France
Order this imageCollection
Gunby Hall Estate, Lincolnshire
NT 636587.4
Summary
Part of a white glazed earthenware dessert service painted in iron red and gilt with sprays of flowers; a shell dish of moulded form with a swept up handle, the whole raised on three bun feet and painted with the family crest and motto centrally 'EST MERUISSE SATIS'. No marks.
Provenance
1990, purchased from J Montgomery-Massingberd.
Marks and inscriptions
EST MERUISSE SATIS