1592984497000 1312637261000 Standard Record object-118640 1747160483368 1711377765000 1747159409017 adlib fitz-online adlib-object-118640 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/118640 2348f9b3-b5be-3ecc-84cc-bb03d3574425 5 reference term-37637 adlib-term-37637 89b09133-dc0a-3a88-bd40-5aef1ad30ecb soft-paste porcelain oxide reference term-38994 adlib-term-38994 05e2aa57-7c47-38da-a2e3-c94df7e7b16d cobalt-blue Decoration in cobalt-blue reference term-120109 adlib-term-120109 0ac0da43-b119-38cf-9afd-87a3520c8d17 painting underglaze Applied Arts Soft-paste porcelain octagonal plate, painted underglaze in blue with initials RC in a cartouche surrounded by flowering branches, and a diaper border. The back painted in capitals ‘Mr ROBERT/CROWTHER/STOCKPORT/CHESHIRE’ and in script, the date ‘January 1770’ Soft-paste porcelain, press-moulded, and painted underglaze in blue. The plate has an octagonal rim and a circular well, painted in the centre with the initials ‘RC’ outlined in dots, within a cartouche of foliate scrolls surrounded by flowering branches. The sides are painted with an elaborate diaper border, interspersed with stylized pineapples and trefoils. The underside is painted in capital letters ‘Mr ROBERT/ CROWTHER/STOCKPORT/CHESHIRE’ and in script, the date ‘January 1770’. EC.8-1946 1 accession number EC.8-1946 118640 priref 118640 uri https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/118640 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/118640 on front in the centre painted underglaze in blue RC initials on back painted underglaze in blue Mr /ROBERT/CROWTHER/STOCKPORT/CHESHIRE and 'January 1770' inscription circular printed in dark blue with a coat-of-arms, the word COLLECTION and No. Inscribed in black ink with the numbers 36 of 3G and a,96 on back printed in dark blue and inscribed in black ink collection label reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum Given by Nicolas Radford in memory of his mother Mrs Dora Radford reference agent-171554 adlib-agent-171554 92ad3d01-0fc5-3db9-924d-a7fb30e20d1b Radford, Nicolas 1946 1904 1946-04 given Entry date: 1946-04 1770 1770 dated 1770 factory reference agent-157665 adlib-agent-157665 b68c5501-4b5f-39e8-8048-c9b58de684e3 Bow Porcelain Manufactory reference term-113159 adlib-term-113159 4bdfb4a7-b307-3dfa-a3d6-8ada4683271e 18th Century, third quarter reference term-107437 adlib-term-107437 96f4b0d1-fc11-39ff-ae91-1b23d888d479 George III reference term-110490 adlib-term-110490 bb9026c5-22c6-3c07-8c4c-b6817acc50c4 literal England England country literal Essex Essex region Stratford-le-Bow containing bone ash reference term-37637 adlib-term-37637 89b09133-dc0a-3a88-bd40-5aef1ad30ecb soft-paste porcelain presumed lead reference term-107733 adlib-term-107733 00160189-e3ce-3796-a88b-5aa8d6c808c4 lead-glaze Height cm 21.3 Width cm 20.7 reference term-34935 adlib-term-34935 b6750733-fe79-33fc-b39a-c296fcd223b4 plate octagonal plate history note Unknown before donor reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum Ref. p. 26 mention of plates of this design, and p. 19 mention of the Crowther family 19, 26 reference publication-2540 adlib-publication-2540 1db076e2-8634-380f-a11c-99bdc7a25dce English Blue and White Porcelain of the Eighteenth Century Cf. p. 14, no. I 36, and pl. 5, fig. 11, a plate in the British Museum, formerly in the Willet collection 14 reference publication-2716 adlib-publication-2716 1839e893-0fd8-312e-9443-9e7bccf27506 Catalogue of the Collection of English Porcelain in the Department of British and Mediaeval Antiquities and Ethnography of the British Museum Cf. p. 53, no. 139, illustrated on p. 54, figs. 53 front and 54 back, the plate in the British Museum 53-4 reference publication-2790 adlib-publication-2790 53315c59-43eb-3264-8899-39f6ceaccf90 Bow Porcelain 1744-1776, A Special Exhibition of Documentary Material to Commemorate the Bi-centenary of the Retirement of Thomas Frye Cf. p. 168, plates of this type are discussed, and note 20 mentions another example in the Victoria and Albert Museum 168 reference publication-2688 adlib-publication-2688 2634db86-6ad0-3838-a637-0970bac11a83 Bow Porcelain Cf. p. 151, pl. 36, a colour illustration of the 'Crowther plate' in the British Museum. 133-64 reference publication-200003155 adlib-publication-200003155 b94626a1-e8f4-38e6-b36c-c26d7a1f84da John De Lanauze and others associated with the Bow factory Cf. p. 59, pl. 23, a 'Crowther plate' with Roderick Jellico, English Porcelain Co. 59 reference publication-200003156 adlib-publication-200003156 6b5de414-662e-306e-8ec8-34d67c96b080 Later Bow porcelain: a suggested chronology

reference term-34935 adlib-term-34935 b6750733-fe79-33fc-b39a-c296fcd223b4 plate

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