Salt-glazed Stoneware confectionary mold in the form of a Fish, Circa 1750-65

Salt-glazed Stoneware Press-moulded Small Confectionary mold in the form of a Fish.

Circa 1750-65

The English salt-glazed mould 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 & 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 and Pat Halfpenny, Page 103, #54 for a similar example.

"The Illustrated Guide to Staffordshire Salt-Glazed Stoneware", Arnold R. Mountford, Illustration 132, for a variation on the fish design. The author writes, "The sales account book of Thomas and John Wedgwood of the Big House, Burslem contains several references to "fishes".

This object is eligible for a Certificate of BADA Provenance

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