Located in Downingtown, PA
Salt-glazed stoneware press-moulded small confectionary mold in the form of a fish,
circa 1750-1765
The English salt-glazed mold dish is press-molded with a curved crisp design of a fish. The eye is formed by two concentric circles and the scales, and tail fin in intaglio.
Dimensions: 6 1/4 inches long x 3/4 inches in height.
Provenance: Applied black and gold label from D M & P Manheim Antiques Corp., 305 East 61st Street, New York City.
Leslie B. Grigsby in "English Pottery: Stoneware & Earthenware, 1650-1800", page 120, the author notes that "In Hannah Glasse's 1796 publication of "The Art of Cookery Made Plain & Simple", two recipes include fish-moulds for making decorative desserts. One titled "to make a fish-pond shows the use of four large fish-moulds {filled} with flummery, and fix small ones. The fish are suspended at different levels in clear jelly in a china bowl, and when the entire mixture is stiff, are turned out onto a salver."
Reference: "A Passion for Pottery, Further Selections From The Henry H. Weldon Collection", Peter Williams...
Category
English Georgian Antique Mid-18th Century Pottery
MaterialsCeramic, Pottery