A. Dish (basket): cream colored body with molded woven basket design. Oval with deep straight sides with scalloped edge. Applied C-shaped handle at each end. B. Stand (plate): conforming body; oval with shallow well. Scalloped reticulated edge.
dishes (vessels)
creamware
molding (forming)
baskets (containers)
scalloping
Creamware
Molded
Scalloped
Fruit Basket
DISH
Impressed mark: Herculaneum
Original to Hamilton House (South Berwick, Me.),
1949.377.2A,B
Possibly Herculaneum (Maker)
England
4.125 x 6.25 (HxW) (inches)
Bequest of Elizabeth R. Vaughan
1949.377.2AB
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