A massive circular earthenware pottery slipware dish 18th century England

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£6500

Dated: 1750 to 1780 England

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

Diameter: 17.5 inches

Current Condition: Good condition with only minor nicks at the rim, there is surface wear to the glaze at the center.

Provenance: Hugh Russell Collection.

Literature: Barker and Comptons reference work titledĀ  Slipware in theĀ  Collection of the Potteries Museum and Art Gallery page 148 figure reference 4342

Ā£6500    $8775

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