Description:
One of two English pearlware plate warmers or hot-water dishes (see HD 85.028) with a wavy, blue shell edge with impressed curved lines, which were used to keep the food warm after being placed on the table; similar forms are known in metalwares and other ceramics, and examples are shown in the Leeds and Don Pottery Pattern Books. There is a small vent hole in the rim to allow steam to escape; a cylindrical spout attached to and extending upward from the deep, hollow, flat-based water reservoir; and a small V-shaped attachment with a hole next to the spout, which was probably used for hanging the dish.
Subjects:
Pottery; Enamel and enameling; glaze (coating by location) Link to share this object record:
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