collection of Winterthur Museum

Additional Image:

Additional pieces from the dessert service.

 

Shape Type: Dinner & Dessert Wares

Pattern Type: Naval and Marine

Date: c. 1785-90

Dimensions:

  • Height: 6.00 in (15.24 cm)

Maker: Neale & Wilson

Maker's Mark:

Impressed
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Description:

Creamware sauce tureen from a dessert service in which pieces are variously marked “Neale & Wilson”, “Neale & Co”or are left unmarked. The decoration of seashells and seaweed is printed over-glaze in puce with a maroon border painted in a shell-edge design. 

The service once belonged to Mrs. Perez Morton an American poet and friend of George Washington.


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