Sweetmeat dish

Object/Artifact

Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Sweetmeat dish

Entry/Object ID

VC.59.35

Description

Center piece of general pyramidal shape: seven shell-shaped sweetmeat dishes, lustrous pink without, with sprigs of flowers within; base encrusted with pastel-colored almost full-round shells of snails, etc., naturalistically rendered; faint mark; mark consists of crown above crossed lines above "D" in script, it is hand-painted in red.

Made/Created

Manufacturer

Derby Porcelain Manufactory

Date made

1800 - 1825

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription

Transcription

See description

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

9-1/2 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 9 1/2 in. (24.1 cm)

Material

Porcelain (soft-paste)

General Notes

Note Type

Curatorial Remarks

Note

Miscellaneous: Vendor gives date: "c.1790-1800," referring to piece as "Crown Derby," which firm not established until 1875.

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Van Cortlandt Manor, Dining Room