Description:
English pearlware, round, hot-water dish decorated with an underglaze cobalt blue transfer print in the "The Castle" pattern with a castle with an arched entrance and an elaborate rim border with flowers, scrolls, fleur-de-lis, etc. These dishes were used to keep the food warm, after being placed on the table. Introduced by Spode around 1806, the Castle design was adapted from an aquatint titled, "The Gate of Sebastian at Caperna" from "Views of Rome and its Vicinity" published by J. Merigot, 28 Haymarket, and R. Edwards, 142 Bond Street, London, in 1796-1798. Spode productions (and later at Copeland and Garrett) of this pattern were always printed in a special paler blue. The pattern was copied by other potters including James and Ralph Clews of Cobridge, Staffordshire, and Baker, Bevans and Irwin at the Glamorgan Pottery, Swansea, Timothy and John Bevington of Swansea between 1817 and 1824. This dish has a slightly indented top along its outer edge; reservoir or hollow space for water; and the aperture or opening for the water located on the left side. There is a small chip on the underside of the plate.
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