Two Vauxhall pickle dishes, circa 1756-58Two Vauxhall pickle dishes, circa 1756-58Of press-moulded leaf shape with serrated rims and raised on three peg feet, one painted in underglaze blue with a butterfly and simulated veining, 6.9cm high the other painted with a Chinese landscape, 7.5cm highProvenanceSylvia and Alan Low CollectionPotters at Vauxhall appear to have used moulds cast from actual leaves to create their individual pickle dishes. For comparable examples see Massey, Marno and Spero, Ceramics of Vauxhall (2007), pp.83-4, figs.146-7.