Sweetmeat dish
Plymouth Porcelain Factory
Category
Ceramics
Date
circa 1770
Materials
Porcelain
Measurements
175 mm (Width)
Place of origin
Plymouth
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Saltram, Devon
NT 870883
Summary
White Plymouth porcelain three division sweetmeat dish composed of large shells resting on a bass of a mulititude of small shells and marble rockwork.
Provenance
Possibly acquired by John Parker II (1735-1788) and by descent to Edmund Robert Parker (1878-1951), 4th Earl of Morley and accepted as part of the more important contents in lieu of payment of Estate Duty and transferred to NT in 1957
Makers and roles
Plymouth Porcelain Factory, potter