Agateware three shell scallop dish Whieldon type mid 18th century England.

£9500

Dated: 1760 Staffordshire England

A rare and exceptional Agateware lead-glazed dish with three scallop shell forms and a generous crab stock handle. The underside of the dish with three impressed cockle shells forms at the center, conjoining the three large shells. The dish is substantial and in remarkable condition, with crisp modeling and an expressive agateware body in the Thomas Whieldon manner. No other agateware dish of this type appears to have been recorded.

Dimensions: 4 inches high 11 inches long

Current Condition: fine condition with no restoration

£9500    $12825

Description

A rare and exceptional Agateware lead-glazed dish with three scallop shell forms and a generous crab stock handle.

The underside of the dish with three impressed cockle shells forms at the center, conjoining the three large shells.

The dish is substantial and in remarkable condition, with crisp modeling and an expressive agateware body in the Thomas Whieldon manner.

No other agateware dish of this type appears to have been recorded.

Additional information

Dimensions 11 × 4 in