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A Derby scallop shell pickle dish, circa 1770
30 June 2010, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £240 inc. premium
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Find your local specialistA Derby scallop shell pickle dish, circa 1770
Thinly potted and painted in bright blue with a floral spray and three smaller sprigs, a scrollwork border inside the rim, the neatly formed handle carefully painted with diaper designs, 11.8cm high (minute rim chip)
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A similar dish from the Watney Collection is illustrated by Geoffrey Godden, English Blue and White Porcelain (2004), colour plate 52, p 199 and pl 262, p 214. These dishes were made in several sizes. 'Scollop'd Shells' are mentioned in the Derby sale records. See also Gilbert Bradley (ed), Ceramics of Derbyshire (1978), fig 182
