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Shell Centrepiece

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Factory	Dr Wall
Date made	1765 to 1770
Material	Soft paste porcelain
Factory Mark	None
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Label	This elaborate porcelain centrepiece or sweetmeat stand was probably used during the dessert course for serving fruit, nuts or pickles. The piled up shell design was probably inspired by fashionable garden grottoes, where the dessert course would have been taken in summer months.
Description	Table centrepiece constructed from small modelled shells with ten large fluted shells decorated with an underglaze blue border and central panel of painted flowers.
Provenance	From the collection of C.W.Dyson Perrins
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Height	10 1/2 inches
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Museum No	1232

Shell Centrepiece