Detail from The Canal, Amsterdam, 1889, James McNeill Whistler, The Hunterian, University of Glasgow

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Saucer-shaped Dish

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Saucer-shaped Dish, Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute
Saucer-shaped Dish, Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute

A slightly mis-shapen study of a saucer-shaped diash, lit from the left and casting a slight shadow to right. The Thompson catalogue described the subject as one of two such dishes:

'No. 113. Two Saucer-shaped Dishes. Sharply drawn flowers and leaves painted in white enamel, which form a raised pattern on a ground of bright powder blue. The under part, as far as the foot, similar in colour and design; the centre panel surrounded by a white line; on the inner edge two similar lines. Mark, double ring and figure 15. Diameter, 13 inches.'

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Notes:

1: Thompson 1878 [more], p. 23 (cat. no. 113), repr. pl. 17.

Last updated: 18th March 2021 by Margaret