Description:

This Worcester porcelain patty pan is printed with the Early Flowering Plants and has a printed crescent mark.  Like most of the earlier underglaze blue prints, no border pattern is used. 

Patty or tart pans were small dishes in which sweet or savory tarts were cooked and then brought to the table.  For a review of both their culinary use and the products of different...

Description:

This Worcester porcelain patty pan is printed with the Early Flowering Plants and has a printed crescent mark.  Like most of the earlier underglaze blue prints, no border pattern is used. 

Patty or tart pans were small dishes in which sweet or savory tarts were cooked and then brought to the table.  For a review of both their culinary use and the products of different porcelain factories see Trevor Darling ECC Transactions 19 (1) 2005.