CENTERPIECE FROM A DESSERT SERVICE
Creator(s): Madeley ((Possibly)) , Minton Ceramics Manufactory ((Possibly))
On view in: Dining Room
About this object
The centerpiece has a white putto carved in the round squatting over a dog and a dead rabbit. He forms the pedestal for a dish. The dish has an openwork railing, a pink and gold rim, and in the center is a landscape with two exotic birds on a white ground. The base is plain pink resting on a molded laurel wreath.
- Object name:
- CENTERPIECE FROM A DESSERT SERVICE
- Made from:
- Parian ware -- porcelain
- Made in:
- England
- Date made:
- ca. 1850
- Size:
- 38.4 cm (15 1/8 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 26.272.1
- Class:
- CERAMICS
- Signature marks:
- MARK underneath: faint small x (in blue)
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973