15929909750001312637261000Standard Recordobject-11771170197596541716870036950001701975719041fitz-onlineadlib-object-11771https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/117714915852a-184b-3a93-b4f5-b22d4e9605ce5referenceagent-190346adlib-agent-190346d2dc8e37-255d-3937-ad44-dbc716cc39e1King's College, Cambridgereferenceagent-190345adlib-agent-1903453bc18dbb-c1c3-3784-8667-69aebe558de7Henry VIreferenceagent-190344adlib-agent-190344654bd609-fcb3-30ac-ac2d-374539d9b496Henry VIIreferenceagent-152833adlib-agent-152833d92476fb-4d9e-339c-8a97-cab35f1f15aeHenry VIIIreferenceagent-153299adlib-agent-153299bed5c982-f67c-3704-b79b-7fb73783d61dRoyal College of Artreferenceterm-42861adlib-term-428615b368285-f1a8-3dcf-a5b2-637fd3c3956cearthenwarereferenceterm-42868adlib-term-4286812e3067e-2626-36c9-9d36-870f776c981fcreamwarereferenceterm-107547adlib-term-10754700150c8d-023f-3b67-8df3-856a4aa5462fQueen's wareblackreferenceterm-108168adlib-term-1081680fcc3e04-2ff3-3bde-810f-0474bbfa0943ceramic printing colourreferenceterm-39593adlib-term-39593e3e2a3f8-2433-3f63-9bcf-e776644d312dgoldDecorationin blackreferenceterm-120103adlib-term-120103def8c289-fc76-3bff-8408-2a98b1c6dca1printing underglazereferenceterm-28681adlib-term-28681c1f659e2-1209-31cf-8ff4-154e11452559gildingreferenceterm-23550adlib-term-23550bce302cf-3608-34aa-abf7-dcb9acdd4024heraldryApplied ArtsCream-coloured earthenware, transffer-printed in underglaze in black. In the middle, within a gilt circle, is a five-layer Tudor rose made up of wavy ribbons and true lovers' knots, over the centre of which are the initials 'HR' with below to left 'VII', to right 'VIII' and below them, 'VI'. On the rim are ten ‘h’s, each formed by a dragon with its neck through a cleft stake, each stake decorated with seven gilt flicks. The underside is undecorated, fully glazed and has a narrow raised foot-rim.C.2D-19691accession numberC.2D-196911771priref11771urihttps://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/11771https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/11771on the baseimpressedWEDGWOOD/2R 55markCircular backstampon the basetransfer-printed in black‘WEDGWOOD / MADE IN ENGLAND / OF ETRURIA / & BARLASTON’on the basepainted in red enamelG5558/2markon the basepainted in black enamel3markreferenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumGiven by Dr A.N.L. Munby, King's Collegereferenceagent-152469adlib-agent-15246965e196ed-6e1c-33e1-b038-6df942edfcedMunby, A. N. L.196919691969-03-13givenEntry date: 1969-03-131955CE19551955factoryreferenceagent-166133adlib-agent-166133ff744cb8-7ff0-3cc6-86bf-ef4c533b1c4fJosiah Wedgwood & Sonsdesignerreferenceagent-152875adlib-agent-1528750259a919-8424-3cb3-a11a-fca4b96b9065Guyatt, Richard TalbotKing’s originally only ordered the 10” dinner plate, but added the 9” pudding plate in 1956 and the soup plate a couple of years later. The Fitzwilliam holds an example of each, as well as an unglazed sample of the soup plate and examples from Guyatt’s ‘Oranges and Lemons’ lemonade set and of commemorative mugs he designed for Wedgwood, as well as Wedgwood Queen’s ware designed by Eric Ravilious.Richard Gerald Talbot Guyatt CBE (1914-2007) began his career as a freelance graphic designer with posters for Shell-Mex and BP and book illustrations. At the Royal College of Art, where he was a professor from 1948 and later rector, he lead the introduction of education in graphic design and influenced subsequent expansion into typography, illustration, printmaking, photography, film and television design. From 1952-55 and 1967-70 Guyatt was consultant designer to Wedgwood. The company had revived the use of engraved designs in the mid 1930s – a mode of decoration which allowed the artist’s own work and ‘hand-writing’ to be reproduced in a factory setting, and well suited to Guyatt’s style. His design for this dinner service for the High Table of King's College, Cambridge, was recorded on 18 March 1954. The body is listed as ‘CC’ (cream coloured earthenware, or ‘Queen’s ware’), and pattern book entry, no. G5558, notes it was first ‘printed in sepia, gilt, with a narrow band at edge line below verge in gold which was sanded’, though later versions are printed in black. Since 1971, when the College ordered a new 2,500 piece service, it has been made in metallized bone china with over-glaze printing, by Wedgwood's Hotel Division. The design is based on various motifs in the tracery lights of the King’s College Chapel windows. The central Tudor Rose encloses the ciphers of Henry VI, who founded the College in 1441, Henry VII and Henry VIII. The motif on the rim, an h formed by a dragon with its head in a cleft stake, was taken from stained glass in the College Chapel. The strong contrast between the bold design and the pale cream ground was characteristic of many of the 'Contemporary' style designs on tableware produced in the 1950s following the lifting of wartime restrictions on decorated tablewares.referenceterm-109795adlib-term-1097958a394dfa-6091-3a16-97c3-fb85612c23b620th Century, Mid#referenceterm-114582adlib-term-114582511cfe35-cd51-335e-b2a9-7683f4b84bd1literalEnglandEnglandcountryliteralStaffordshireStaffordshireregionBarlastonclear, leadlessreferenceterm-37088adlib-term-370880a28530e-cea8-3d08-b792-a30bf68f524fclear glazereferenceterm-42837adlib-term-4283760792d1e-3967-38d7-8310-ee3edeb8a4cecream-coloured earthenwareDiametercm27.3Heightcm2.5referencemedia-11610adlib-media-116100ad50cb6-2bbd-364c-8609-511a8fcf32afjpegaa/aa9/C_2D_1969_281_29.jpg1heightpixels740widthpixels57016162402117991imagejpegaa/aa9/mid_C_2D_1969_281_29.jpg1heightpixels649widthpixels50016162402117991imagejpegaa/aa9/C_2D_1969_281_29.jpg1heightpixels740widthpixels57016162402117991imagejpegaa/aa9/preview_C_2D_1969_281_29.jpg1heightpixels325widthpixels25016162402117991image0media
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imagereferenceterm-91571adlib-term-91571be8b50e1-595e-3523-964a-e0373b0eaecddinner plateplatehistory noteCommissioned by King's College, Cambridge1same designerreferenceobject-11793adlib-object-1179315ed09c8-197c-306b-a996-d7637454e2801reference1term-91188adlib-term-9118840f320f4-04b6-3303-8129-f9e81e2b4671mugmug1same designerreferenceobject-11807adlib-object-11807c45a819b-c4b1-3366-80a8-5fdf76cd3d191reference1term-91188adlib-term-9118840f320f4-04b6-3303-8129-f9e81e2b4671mugmug1same designerreferenceobject-11764adlib-object-11764320273dc-ac41-3846-b5bd-edb886d5a0931reference1term-91598adlib-term-915989b2267e1-7a88-3a30-83bd-2bbab95f30ffsoup platesoup plate1referenceobject-11765adlib-object-11765bf8234e2-b947-32b4-bfa4-d5e25140bec51reference1term-91598adlib-term-915989b2267e1-7a88-3a30-83bd-2bbab95f30ffsoup platesoup plate1referenceobject-11767adlib-object-117674ec025bc-f854-3389-8bc2-03877605527d1reference1term-91574adlib-term-91574a0b5f0e9-604a-3ba6-b03a-9870f9ec2748dessert platedessert platereferenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumPubl. with description and illustration of dinner plate132-133referencepublication-1030adlib-publication-10309cf77d50-a614-3947-8d0e-919f695fe7b0Fitzwilliam Museum Handbooks, English PotteryCf. plates 313: a10 3/5” bone china plate from the King’s College dinner service. Also, plates 312-314: commemorative mugs and examples from the ‘Oranges and Lemons’ lemonade set. See pp. 651- 656 for pattern number and other marks.Vol II, 317, 264-66referencepublication-1044adlib-publication-1044daae9e3f-5832-394b-8fd8-b2a4c4265f85WedgwoodCf. Soup plate and two commemorative mugs, plate 526; ‘Oranges and Lemons’ lemonade set, plate 434.170, 179, 217referencepublication-1035adlib-publication-103515c007c0-86a5-3d45-beb8-29e69b3fbc75Wedgwood Ceramics 1846-1959Cf. a metallised bone china plate of this design, 1980 (not illustrated), and information about the design.126referencepublication-1008adlib-publication-10083bf225e8-9d69-3810-848d-b9aa1e259d91Wedgwood of Etruria and Barlastonreferencepublication-988adlib-publication-9884906b591-b7ec-3791-bc5f-13d64bed4581Wedgwood in London, 225th Anniversary Exhibition 1759-1984referencepublication-1046adlib-publication-1046284e0df1-f28d-323f-bb60-68da8644fadcWedgwood Wareanimalreferenceterm-107581adlib-term-1075818e892c26-bdf9-3a6c-8e36-bf347a56f530dragonsplantreferenceterm-4812adlib-term-4812e6222dfb-a493-30f8-be7f-ca154968cb9cTudor roseliteraldragonsdragonsliteralTudor roseTudor rosereferenceterm-91571adlib-term-91571be8b50e1-595e-3523-964a-e0373b0eaecddinner platedinner plateEarthenware, printed in black, glazed and gilded.referenceterm-111179adlib-term-111179be5c887b-c0ed-3d89-82b2-c3a870e72a68mouldingclear, leadlessreferenceterm-27616adlib-term-2761661e6a95d-84c8-3893-b6c8-213392262987glazing (coating)King’s College Dinner Service (dinner plate)object
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