Description:
Leaf-shaped dish of soft-paste porcelain, decorated with underglaze cobalt blue, painted in underglaze-blue in the same ‘Trailing Vine’ pattern as the preceding, the serrated rim and short stem handle with a blue-feathered edge, and the underside faintly molded with veining. Condition: Very small chips on the rim edge.

Label Text:
Pickle dishes or leaves were filled with savory pickles during first or second course of dinner or could contain sweetmeats and be incorporated into the dessert service.

Subjects:
Pottery; glaze (coating by location); Porcelain

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