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Dish
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 1860-1870
Object Place: Europe, England
Medium/Technique
Creamware
Dimensions
Overall: 3.8 × 31.1 × 20.6 cm (1 1/2 × 12 1/4 × 8 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift by the grandchildren of Mrs. Edward Frothingham,(Eugenia Mifflin Frothingham)
Accession Number1977.664
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsCeramics – Pottery – Earthenware
DescriptionShell-shaped dish in an irregular shape with yellow rim, with two nudes seated in a landscape beside a dolphin source of water. The purple drapery has many small areas of loss.
Signed
Signed at lower left 'E Lessore' and at lower right 'Wedgwood' in rust red
Marks
Impressed WEDGWOOD "R" [4 dots] on reverse
InscriptionsOne partial gummed label MFA? [Mrs. Edward Frothingham 5]