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Vegetable dish, cover and plate

ca. 1790

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States

Oval body on rising, irregular foot. Body has two handles formed by bound branches. Raised decoration of leaves on sides, extending from either side, and on the foot. Cover rises in center to a handle in the form of a bud and leaf, and is modelled in scrolls on each end. Plate has a raised border of scrolls picked out in gold. Overglaze black transfer decoration of male and female peacocks, foliage and flowers on each piece. Ladle opening in cover.

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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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