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Fruit Stand
Made at: Wedgwood Manufactory (Staffordshire, England, active 1759–present)
Decorated by: Emile Lessore (French, 1805–1874)
Decorated by: Emile Lessore (French, 1805–1874)
English
around 1860-1875
Object Place: Europe, England
Medium/Technique
Creamware
Dimensions
Overall: 19.4 × 21 × 21.6 cm (7 5/8 × 8 1/4 × 8 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift by the grandchildren of Mrs. Edward Frothingham,(Eugenia Mifflin Frothingham)
Accession Number1977.675
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsCeramics – Pottery – Earthenware
DescriptionDish in the shape of a shell with yellow rim, on a triangular stand of entwined dolphins in pink and green; with a woman seated beside a sea monster and a putto. Damaged and mended.
Signed
Signed at lower left 'E Lessore' and at lower right 'Wedgwood' in rust red
Marks
Impressed WEDGWOOD and PEARL, "R" on underside of foot
InscriptionsTwo gummed MFA labels on underside of foot: "72.19 Mrs. Frothingham" and on lower label: "Mrs. Edward Frothingham 2"