Description: Jellies and other gelatine based foods like aspics are not very fashionable today. They seem artificial and usually take a great deal of time to prepare. In the past however, jellies and creams were often the crowning glories of the table. The domed, pyramidal vessel intaglio molded on the concave interior with a beehive above a flaring square pedastal modeld on each side with a row of convex fluting and impressed dots, and the corners with rounded indentations. Condition: Two corners with a small footrim chip. Made of creamware (cream-colored earthenware), probably the Don Pottery, Doncaster, Yorkshire, England, c. 1820.
Subjects: Pottery; glaze (coating by location) Link to share this object record: https://museums.fivecolleges.edu/detail.php?t=objects&type=ext&id_number=HD+2019.62.11 |