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Vegetable Dish

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

ca. 1800

GUSN

GUSN-4613

Description

Rectangular form with lobed corners and deep well; decorated with underglaze blue; star diapering beneath rim with band of diagonal lines enclosed by scallop line; central landscape medallion consisting of boat, bridge, teahouse with figure inside, shore with trees and rocks, two islands with house, mountains in background, enclosed by cross-hatched diapering; willow pattern.

Details

Descriptive Terms

vegetable dishes
porcelain
underglazing
willow (wood)
Porcelain
Willow
Underglazed
DISH, VEGETABLE

Pattern

Willow

Associated Building

Original to Sayward-Wheeler House (York Harbor, Me.),

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

China

Dimensions

1.875 x 6.875 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of the heirs of Elizabeth Cheever Wheeler

Accession Number

1977.804.2

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