Staffordshire pottery creamware dish with oxide glazes in the Whieldon manner 18th century

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£885

Dated: 1770 Staffordshire England

A good Whieldon type relief molded creamware bodied dish with green, olive, and brown color oxide colors, the reverse with a tortoiseshell brown with traces of pale green. The dish has scroll edge diaper work panels on a basket work ground which radiates from a central domino and star diaper circular panel. There are eight panels of pierced diaper work around the rim divided by a herringbone and basket work ground The dish is a fine example with a high-quality glaze. The shape and relief decoration are more commonly found on plain saltglaze pieces.

Diameter: 10.25 inches

Current Condition: This exceptional dish is in very clean crisp condition with no restoration

Provenance: Private Collection of a lady in North Oxfordshire

Literature: A similar piece in Saltglaze illustrated in the Weldon Collection, A Passion for Pottery by Williams and Halfpenny

£885    $1194

Description

A good Whieldon type relief molded creamware bodied dish with green, olive, and brown color oxide colors, the reverse with a tortoiseshell brown with traces of pale green. The dish has scroll edge diaper work panels on a basket work ground which radiates from a central domino and star diaper circular panel. There are eight panels of pierced diaper work around the rim divided by a herringbone and basket work ground
The dish is a fine example with a high-quality glaze. The shape and relief decoration are more commonly found on plain saltglaze pieces.