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Maker(s):Derby Factory
Culture:British (1747-1848)
Title:Asparagus server
Date Made:circa 1775
Type:Food Service
Materials:Ceramic: soft-paste porcelain; underglaze cobalt blue decoration
Place Made:Great Britain: Derby
Measurements:Overall: 7/8 x 3 x 2 7/8 in; 2.2 x 7.6 x 7.3 cm
Accession Number:  HD 2023.28.16
Credit Line:Gift of Anne K. Groves
Museum Collection:  Historic Deerfield
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Description:
Derby Factory soft-paste porcelain asparagus server or shell, of slightly fan shape and painted in shades of underglaze-blue with a pagoda amidst trees beneath a trellis diaper border along the arched upper edge, the low serpentine-edged sides painted with stylized landscape vignettes.Condition: Good other than a minuscule chip on the upper
corner of one side.

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

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