Dish

MOA: University of British Columbia

2956/139 a-b

Low, round, ceramic dish (part a) with lid (part b). The exterior surface is covered with a relief pattern of green sea plants, and the lid is decorated with three shells and a fish. There is also a long curved handle in the shape of an eel on the top of the lid.


  • Type of Item dish
  • Culture Portuguese
  • Material clay, paint, glaze
  • Measurements height 12.0 cm, diameter 24.5 cm (overall) height 4.5 cm, diameter 24.5 cm (part a) height 9.0 cm, diameter 23.5 cm (part b)

  • Field Collector Anthony A. Shelton
  • Previous Owner Anthony A. Shelton
  • Received from Museum of Anthropology Exhibitions Budget, Anthony A. Shelton

  • Made in Caldas da Rainha
  • Collected in Portugal

  • Creation Date during 1908
  • Collection Date between 2011 and 2012
  • Ownership Date before September 17, 2012
  • Acquisition Date on September 17, 2012

  • Item Classes ceramics
  • Condition fair
  • Accession Number 2956/0139 a-b