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Date1790-1810
Dimensions12.69 cm (5 in.)
MarkingsTag removed from C624: "S6".
Object numberC0625
DescriptionLeaf-shaped pickle dish. Earthenware, soft paste. Pair of leaf pickle dishes. Form of grape leaves, with relief veining on the under side. Lead and flint glaze, bluish, thickly settled in crevices. Transfer printed under glaze, blue on white. "Willow pattern". Europeanized version of the familiar river and island pattern found on much imported Chinese porcelain of the 18-19th centuries. Border of lattice on plain blue, with picquet edge.