Dish
CultureEnglish
Datemid-19th century
MediumEarthenware with enamel
DimensionsOverall: 1 1/2 × 6 3/4 × 9 inches (3.81 × 17.15 × 22.86 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Harry J. Foresman
Object number2007.22.2
Inscribedon back in red enamel: Cream Coloured Crocus"
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DescriptionOne of a pair of dishes, this is a lobed, rectangular serving dish with hand-painted enamel decoration of a variety of a crocus; the rim is outlined in iron-red enamel. This one is decorated with a single shoot emerging from the "Cream Coloured Crocus" bulb with a stem with an opened pale yellow flower and an unopened bud with pale green and teal, narrow folioage, placed almost in the center of the rectangular dish. the cream-colored flower has thick yellow stamens.
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