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Davenport Faux Marbled Dish Posted by Kristin Backstrom on December 6, 2024, 5:46 am I picked up this gorgeous piece yesterday. It's about 8 inches across, with 2 handles, and a row of holes around the top. I'd love to call it a colander but I am sure that it is not. It has the Davenport name and the anchor stamp. I did my best attempt to find it in a search by maker, but had no luck. It is similar in appearance to Livesley Powell 'Marble'. Any thoughts are appreciated!

Re: Davenport Faux Marbled Dish Posted by Frank Davenport on December 6, 2024, 10:00 pm, in reply to "Davenport Faux Marbled Dish" The utility of the object can only be guessed at. If the only holes are around the rim with none elsewhere suggests a use as a liquid measuring or liquid separation device. Possibly for industrial rather than domestic use, perhaps dairy or cheese making but the decoration suggests home usage? The body may be ironstone with the faux marble decoration under the glaze. DAVENPORT did have at least two printed marble patterns. Are there any marks suggesting print application rather stick or brush application of the blue. The base shows an impressed potting date of 1858 which actually includes 1859 too.

Re: Davenport Faux Marbled Dish Posted by Kristin Backstrom on December 7, 2024, 6:30 am, in reply to "Re: Davenport Faux Marbled Dish" I have to say that a 'Davenport' replying to the thread about a Davenport piece makes me smile! I love the idea that it could be used for something like cheese-making. That would be cool. I will take a look again to see if there are marks that help identify the process - but as I'm a naif I'm not quite sure what to look for. May I ask for any suggestions? Paint drips maybe?

Re: Davenport Faux Marbled Dish Posted by Frank Davenport on December 7, 2024, 8:46 am, in reply to "Re: Davenport Faux Marbled Dish" This object is unusual, particularly in view of the decoration because "kitchen" wares were undecorated to minimize cost and because they were not "table ware". Transfer decoration typically doubled the manufacturing cost. Cheese making came to mind because of the need to separate the curds from the whey. Conversely the object may have been used to cook and then present a cooked item at the dining room table, for example "black cap suet pudding.

Re: Davenport Faux Marbled Dish Posted by Frank Davenport on December 6, 2024, 9:48 pm, in reply to "Davenport Faux Marbled Dish" The utility of the object can only be guessed at. If the only holes are around the rim with none elsewhere suggests a use as a liquid measuring or liquid separation device. Possibly for industrial rather than domestic use, perhaps dairy or cheese making but the decoration suggests home usage? The body may be ironstone with the faux marble decoration under the glaze. DAVENPORT did have at least two printed marble patterns. Are there any marks suggesting print application rather stick or brush application of the blue. The base shows an impressed potting date of 1858 which actually includes 1859 too.

Re: Davenport Faux Marbled Dish Posted by Web Administrator on December 6, 2024, 1:27 pm, in reply to "Davenport Faux Marbled Dish" Could you add an image of the Davenport mark?

Re: Davenport Faux Marbled Dish Posted by KRISTIN BACKSTROM on December 6, 2024, 4:30 pm, in reply to "Re: Davenport Faux Marbled Dish" Attached!

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