A rare diminutive Lund’s Bristol pickle dish in the form of a scallop shell, circa 1750-51

A rare diminutive Lund’s Bristol pickle dish in the form of a scallop shell, circa 1750-51

Length 6.3cm

No mark

Painted in blue with a fence and bamboo, the underside realistically moulded, probably from a real shell. There are a small number of tiny shell-shaped dishes recorded dating from the 1740s and early 1750s, including examples from Limehouse, Lund’s Bristol and Worcester.

Condition: good, no chips, cracks or restoration

See Ray Jones, The Origins of Worcester Porcelain, 2018, p.381. Bonhams, The Watney Collection of Fine Early English Porcelain, Part I, 22 Sept. 1999, lot 136, and also lot 135 for an example in the white. S. Spero, Exhibition 2001, no 21.

£2,750