Chelsea Porcelain Factory

Dessert Dish

Maker

Chelsea Porcelain Factory (English, ca. 1745-1784)

Title

Dessert Dish

Year

ca. 1755

Medium

Porcelain with enamels and glaze

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Porcelain with enamels and glaze

Materials

clay products

Geography

Place Made: Chelsea

Dimensions

Length: 28.6 cm (11 1/4 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Marks: Red anchor on bottom.

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Sigmund J. Katz

Object Number

74.124.4

Type

Ceramics

Exhibition History

Trading Earth

Ceramics, Commodities, and Commerce

Apr 09, 2022 – Aug 03, 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.

18th and 19th-Century American Galleries

Jun 19, 2015

Charles Pendleton House

Jan 02, 2015

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Tombstone

Chelsea Porcelain Factory (English, ca. 1745-1784)

Dessert Dish, ca. 1755

Porcelain with enamels and glaze

Length: 28.6 cm (11 1/4 inches)

Gift of Mrs. Sigmund J. Katz 74.124.4

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