Rare Antique 19th C Wedgwood Stone China Chinoiserie Dessert Dish

Antiques : Ceramics : 19th C : English : Wedgwood

 

This large "shaped" dish is printed in underglaze blue with hand painted overglaze enamels in orange, cobalt blue, blue-green, and gold in a chinoiserie or "Japan" design. The design is of a temple and pagodas with a coconut palm tree. The dish is 10-1/2" long by 8-1/8" wide. There is an interesting applied foot rim on the base.

Condition is excellent! No chips, no cracks, no crazing, no repairs. The dish rings when struck. There are some utensil marks, and a few scratches on the blue-green enamel of the central design which are shown in close up photos below.

All of my reference books call Wedgwood's Stone China "rare" and state that "examples are scarce". As far as dating this dish, Robin Reilly says in his "Wedgwood The New Illustrated Dictionary" that the dates for this stone china "should be extended at least to c.1817-29". In "Godden's Guide to Ironstone" he says, "Although some authorities suggest that Wedgwood's Stone China was produced up to 1861...no orders for these wares subsequent to Oct. 1829" have been discovered.

The dish is marked: WEDGWOOD'S STONE CHINA in printed underglaze blue. Impressed with the number 5. There is a hand painted gilt "P" and a blue-green "S".

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