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Pickle stand
Made at: Bow Manufactory (England)
English (London)
about 1755
Object Place: Europe, England
Medium/Technique
Soft-paste porcelain with colored enamel decoration
Dimensions
Overall: 15.2 x 20.3 x 22.9 cm (6 x 8 x 9 in.)
Credit Line
Jessie and Sigmund Katz Collection
Accession Number56.635
CollectionsEurope
Pickles were a standard feature at eighteenth-century English tables, served either as a salad in the winter or as an accompaniment to roasted meats. Cookbooks supplied recipes for pickling shellfish, nuts, flowers, eggs, onions, cucumbers, melons, and other fruits and vegetables.
DescriptionTriangular base with shells and sea weed in which three shell forms are set, delicate painted borders and oriental birds in each.
ProvenanceBy 1956, Jessie and Sigmund J. Katz; 1956, gift of Jessie and Sigmund J. Katz. (Accession date: October 11, 1956)