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Shell Plate
Made at: Wedgwood Manufactory (Staffordshire, England, active 1759–present)
English (Staffordshire)
about 1810
Object Place: Europe, England
Medium/Technique
Lustreware
Dimensions
Overall: 4.1 × 21 × 20.3 cm (1 5/8 × 8 1/4 × 8 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Mrs. Thomas O. Richardson
Accession Number25.344
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsCeramics – Pottery – Earthenware
DescriptionShell-shaped dish with purple and white lustre, so-called 'Moonlight lustre'
Marks
Mark: WEDGWOOD impressed.
InscriptionsRectangular paper label with 'M.F.A' printed; below, 'Mrs. T. O. Richardson 45' in black ink.
ProvenanceBy 1894, Mrs. T. O. Richardson; 1925, gift of Mrs. T. O. Richardson to the MFA.