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Maker(s):Derby Porcelain
Culture:English
Title:asparagus servers
Date Made:1780-1800
Type:Food Service
Materials:ceramic: soft-paste porcelain, painted in underglaze cobalt blue
Place Made:England: Derby
Measurements:overall: 7/8 x 3 1/4 x 3 1/8 in.; 2.2225 x 8.255 x 7.9375 cm
Accession Number:  HD 53.040
Credit Line:Gift of Henry N. Flynt and Helen Geier Flynt
Museum Collection:  Historic Deerfield

Description:
Three porcelain asparagus servers or asparagus shells with wedge-shaped flat forms with straight sides edged in underglaze blue and decorated with blue flower sprigs. They are open at both ends, and a complete set (about 10) of the wedge or tapered ends can be fitted into a circular arrangement. These ceramic forms were used to convey asparagus from the platter to one's individual plate without making the fingers greasy. They have been erroneously thought to serve as a knife-rest. These were made in a number of English and European factories. Each is painted on the base with an "8" under the glaze.

Subjects:
Pottery; Enamel and enameling; glaze (coating by location); Porcelain

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