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Collection Online as of June 26, 2022

Quatrelobed Dish from Dessert Service: Nettle-leaved Bell Flower

c. 1800

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made by

Derby (Crown Derby Period)

(British)

England, Derby, 18th century

Porcelain

Overall: 3.9 x 25.6 x 20.4 cm (1 9/16 x 10 1/16 x 8 1/16 in.)

Bequest of Mrs. Severance A. Millikin 1989.189.24

Location

not on view

Inscriptions

Inscription

inscribed in blue on back: Campanula Triechelium./Nettle-leavid Bell-flower./crown/crossed batons and dots/D/115.

Derby (Crown Derby Period)

the "Crown Derby" period began in 1784 when the factory adopted a crowned D as its mark.
Provenance
(Stair & Co., New York); Severance and Greta Millikin, Cleveland, 1953.
Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1989.189.24