Fish dish set

by Denise
(Boston MA)

See text for previous post with a photo I have no idea where it came from. Here's the actual photo.

fish dish set

by Denise
(Boston MA USA)

These dishes belonged to my great-great aunt, and she left her china cabinet and its contents to me. She was well off, living on the coastline of Beverly MA.
Does anyone even know what I would call them to do a search for information about them?

There are 8 fish-shaped plates white with blue design. The underneath actually have a fish scale pattern on them.

There are 6 small bowls.

There is one tiny pitcher.

I wondered if it were a fish stew or chowder set and the fish shaped dishes were bone receptacles. Or if this is a tea set with the bowls for drinking and the fish shaped dishes for a tea cake of some kind.

close up of fish dish bowl

by Denise
(Boston MA)

Here's the close up of he fish dish bowl

fish dish close up top

by Denise
(Boston MA)

Here's one of the 8 fish dishes close up

fish dish bottom

by Denise
(Boston MA)

here's the scaly bottom of the fish dish