Dish

Manufacturer Ott and Brewer American

ca. 1882–90

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 774

Ott and Brewer was the first American firm to successfully replicate the fine Belleek porcelain made in Ireland. For the New Jersey pottery, and their Irish predecessors, the shell-form was especially well-suited to the delicacy of Belleek. This example admirably reveals the fine relief of the shell’s surface in an almost paper-thin body, with a pearlescent, or nacreous, glaze that was characteristic of Belleek, but then uncommon for American manufacturers.

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Title:
Dish
Manufacturer:
Ott and Brewer (American, Trenton, New Jersey, 1871–1893)
Date:
ca. 1882–90
Geography:
Made in Trenton, New Jersey, United States
Culture:
American
Medium:
Porcelain
Dimensions:
Height: 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm)
Credit Line:
The Florence I. Balasny-Barnes Collection, Gift of Florence I. Balasny-Barnes, 2008
Object Number:
2025.794.5
Curatorial Department: The American Wing

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