Salt-glazed Stoneware Sweetmeat Dishes in the form of Vine Leaves,

A Pair,

Circa 1745-65  

(Ref: NY9579-krr)

The Staffordshire salt glaze stoneware dishes are molded in the form of a vine leaf and are curved at the top of the leaf and with a straight stem at the other end of the leaf.  The small dish is raised on three tapering feet.  

Provenance: Applied black & gold label from DM & P Manheim Antiques Corp.,305 East 61st Street, New York City.

Reference: See English Saltglazed Earthenware, Chas. F.C. Luxmoore, Plate 57 for a block mold for a similar dish in the Stoke-on-Trent, Hanley Museum.