Description
This earthenware baking or loaf dish is one of the largest made of its type in the mid 18th century period.
The dish has a plain edge, the body expertly decorated with a looping trailed creamware slip on a dark brown ground.
Made in the Midlands or North England in the 18th century, a similar dish features in Barker and Comptons reference work titledĀ Slipware in theĀ Collection of the Potteries Museum and Art Gallery page 148 figure reference 4342