1592999339000 1312637261000 Standard Record object-11966 1747159971974 1714464825000 1747159409017 adlib fitz-online adlib-object-11966 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/11966 aa74d963-d1ba-3247-8320-b38cfe36e135 8 reference term-108657 adlib-term-108657 c170cd8e-fc63-3446-81a4-6682b5979808 lead-glazed earthenware reference term-128085 adlib-term-128085 3ad27c20-613b-3b26-ad89-1bd3be4f6669 transfer-printed ware in printing medium reference term-38994 adlib-term-38994 05e2aa57-7c47-38da-a2e3-c94df7e7b16d cobalt-blue Decoration in blue reference term-120102 adlib-term-120102 02b9d189-d17a-37b4-ab50-5b6f2bc2fcf1 transfer-printing underglaze Holes reference term-26483 adlib-term-26483 c5756b64-2720-3558-9d90-98bd4a27592f piercing reference term-115 adlib-term-115 94d65983-dea2-361b-b187-a968c98ab1d8 Nature Applied Arts White earthenware, pierced and transfer-printed underglaze in blue with 'Peony' pattern. Oval with a rim on the underside of the outer edge, and a circular hole in the centre surrounded by piercing: four radiating lines of paired leaf shapes with between them four diamonds surrounded by leaf shapes and six groups of four small circles. This pierced pattern is obscured by the printed design of four sprays of peonies and foliage which entirely covers the top surface. C.864-1984 1 accession number C.864-1984 11966 priref 11966 uri https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/11966 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/11966 on the back impressed WEDGWOOD factory mark '12' and two eyebrows incised on the back incised 12 and two eyebrows mark on the back underglaze in blue T mark reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum Purchased with the J. R. V. Smyth Fund reference agent-158056 adlib-agent-158056 d3404969-df00-35f3-84f7-498fbf3c2304 Eve, Joan 1984 1984 1984-10-22 bought Gabor Cossa's antique shop specializing in ceramics had been taken on by Mrs Eve but continued to be known as Gabor Cossa. 1807 1807 1807 circa 1807 1812 1 1812 1812 1812 factory reference agent-143576 adlib-agent-143576 535626bd-0b17-316b-bbbf-3551cefd8265 Wedgwood Peony was one of several botanical patterns produced by Wedgwood following a decision to manufacture underglaze printed ware at the end of March 1805. It was described by the Wedgwood historian, Una des Fontaines, as 'probably one of the finest symmetrical flower patterns ever designed'. It was mentioned in the factory's records in 1806 and was in production from 1807. The engravings for the transfers were executed by William Hales (fl 1790-1815), possibly influenced by the Paeonia Suffructosa or shrubby peony illustrated in 'The Botanists' Repository' , vol. 7 (1806-07), pl. 448. John Wedgwood, who had rejoined the firm in 1800 and was largely responsible for its running in the first few years of the century, was keenly interested in botany, and was a founder member of the Royal Horticultural Society in 1804. After the death of Josiah Wedgwood I, the factory had not been doing well financially, and these printed floral patterns were intended to appeal to customers who enjoyed the highly fashionable enthusiasm for botany and gardening. The other printed botanical designs were 'Brown Water Lily' (see C. 3-1988), 'Hibiscus', 'Chrysanthemum', and 'Blue Botanical Flowers'. Blue transfer-printed ware is often viewed as a product for for the lower end of the market, but the splendid visual effect of a well-printed blue and white dinner service on highly polished mahogany or a white damask cloth should not be underestimated. reference term-107437 adlib-term-107437 96f4b0d1-fc11-39ff-ae91-1b23d888d479 George III reference term-106498 adlib-term-106498 272179a1-524b-3f36-aab7-bf342ce484d6 19th Century, Early reference term-113623 adlib-term-113623 87ef9eaf-54a8-3838-8337-94dbf03aad62 literal England England country Etruria reference term-107611 adlib-term-107611 790e5a19-a186-34d5-a16e-2d8dff9f6247 white earthenware reference term-107733 adlib-term-107733 00160189-e3ce-3796-a88b-5aa8d6c808c4 lead-glaze Length cm 24.7 Width cm 16.8 reference media-11687 adlib-media-11687 9f2b41df-506e-3548-ab3f-17284f96e61b jpeg aa/aa6/C_864_1984.jpg 1 height pixels 550 width pixels 760 1742580720652 1 image jpeg aa/aa6/mid_C_864_1984.jpg 1 height pixels 362 width pixels 500 1742580720652 1 image jpeg aa/aa6/C_864_1984.jpg 1 height pixels 550 width pixels 760 1742580720652 1 image jpeg aa/aa6/preview_C_864_1984.jpg 1 height pixels 181 width pixels 250 1742580720652 1 image 0 media image reference term-107627 adlib-term-107627 45280056-221b-3292-b667-bb3aba2c996e drainer dish drainer history note Gabor Cossa (Joan Eve), Trumpington Street, Cambridge, where purchased reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum Ref. pp. 69-90, especially, pp. 79-81 for the pattern. 'Peony' was introduced in 1807. Mrs des Fontaines describes it as probably one of the finest symmetrical flower patterns ever designed. These floral designs appear to have been introduced at the instigation of John Wedgwood who was interested in botany. After he withdrew from the firm in 1812, they were not used again. Cf. A plate, pl. 11, fig. 4. 69-90 reference publication-200000487 adlib-publication-200000487 351c14d3-11b5-3279-9f5b-3f1730b3408c The Darwin Service and the First Printed Floral Patterns at Etruria reference term-19072 adlib-term-19072 154a3e08-d436-3d9b-9487-c6abd89a7edd botanical plant reference term-58477 adlib-term-58477 4a900e9a-e5ed-3b89-9127-e301f9005fba ferns plant reference term-107606 adlib-term-107606 863179c1-173d-3e51-b1f3-0eeb3814d40a peony plant reference term-107628 adlib-term-107628 c4347273-0d1f-3000-8eb5-8b8f7f0baebc flower heads literal ferns ferns literal peony peony literal flower heads flower heads

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