Staffordshire dish in the shape of a concave leaf

An image of Leaf Dish. Pickle Dish. Unidentified Staffordshire factory, England. In the shape of a concave leaf with a scalloped edge and bent stalk handle, standing on three fluted flower-shaped feet. The interior is decorated with a lily plant with one flower on each side and and three buds at the top, superimposed over the slanting veins of the leaf. Off-white stoneware, press-moulded with integral decoration, and salt-glazed. 1750-1770. Rococo. Sir Ivor and Lady Batchelor Bequest.

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Leaf Dish. Pickle Dish. Unidentified Staffordshire factory, England. In the shape of a concave leaf with a scalloped edge and bent stalk handle, standing on three fluted flower-shaped feet. The interior is decorated with a lily plant with one flower on each side and and three buds at the top, superimposed over the slanting veins of the leaf. Off-white stoneware, press-moulded with integral decoration, and salt-glazed. 1750-1770. Rococo. Sir Ivor and Lady Batchelor Bequest.

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Accession Number: C.111-2015
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/27.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Katie Young
Image height: 945 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 92.78kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 200
Fnumber: 27/1

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18th Century _WF_Batchelor concave dish Early Rococo English Fitz_AA Georgian glazed leaf leaf dishes leaves lilies Lilium lily lily plant moulded pickle dishes pottery press moulded Rococo salt-glazed saltglaze service ware serving piece Staffordshire Pottery stoneware tableware veined veins

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