Hors-d oeuvre or sweetmeat set Laid out

A sweetmeat or supper dish set in Irish delftware. The largest dish is octagonal in shape with a wavy edge, it is the base for a set of five other dishes (HCL 037-HCL 041). The dishes are decorated with blue floral motifs. The five smaller dishes interlock, they consist of a central dish with four around it, each curved in a quarter of an arc. The entire set is a direct copy of a Chinese design.本品为爱尔兰代尔夫特陶器（Irish delftware）制作的甜点心与佐餐盘套装。其中最大的盘呈八角造型，边缘带有波浪形饰边，作为其余五只盘（HCL 037-HCL 041）的底座。整套盘件均装饰有蓝色花卉纹样，五只小盘相互咬合组合：以中央盘为核心，外围环绕四只盘，每只盘均为四分之一圆弧造型。本套装完全复刻了中式设计。