Five English Pearlware Shell and Drape Edge Dishes
Lot: 4154
Northern England, probably Leeds.
All painted underglaze with cobalt blue enamel with variants of House, Pagoda and Fence, or Long Eliza patterns.
One impressed capital B (the Long Eliza), one impressed L, and two impressed with asterisk marks.
Approximate dimensions: 9 1/2 to 10 Diameter..
Provenance:
Literature: For the subject, and its relation to American historical sites, see: Miller and Hunter, How Creamware Got the Blues, Ceramics in America, Chipstone Foundation, 2001. Parallel example are illustrated in Roberts - Painted in Blue, p.64 and additional.
Condition: The largest plate with crack from 4 oclock to center and discolored, with losses to footrim. Most of the plates with minor glaze flakes to edges, and crazing to glaze. Minor flaws to surfaces, as manufactured.