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A cream-colored dish with two swirled handles and pierced decorations. Dish sits on a matching tray.

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Unknown Maker, English

Creamware Sweetmeat Dish

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Description

Maker

Culture

English

Title

Creamware Sweetmeat Dish

Year

ca. 1770-1780

Medium

Earthenware with glaze

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Earthenware with glaze

Materials

creamware

Geography

Place Made: Leeds

Dimensions

4.4 x 13.3 x 10.2 cm (1 3/4 x 5 1/4 x 4 inches) sweetmeat dish

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Alfred Morris, Jr.

Object Number

1992.140.1A

Type

Ceramics

Exhibition History

Trading Earth

Ceramics, Commodities, and Commerce

Apr 09, 2022 – Jan 12, 2025

Label copy

Candies, pieces of fruit crystalized with sugar, and other confectionaries, known as sweetmeats, were served on special dishes, some with multiple shell-shaped tiers. The dessert course of a formal dinner called for its own set of serving dishes, bowls, and plates, such as the leaf-shaped example crawling with an assortment of insects.

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Unknown Maker, English

Creamware Sweetmeat Dish, ca. 1770-1780

Earthenware with glaze

4.4 x 13.3 x 10.2 cm (1 3/4 x 5 1/4 x 4 inches) sweetmeat dish

Gift of Alfred Morris, Jr. 1992.140.1A

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