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Wedgwood
(Factory)
White earthenware (whiteware) decorated with lustre (iron, platinum and gold) applied with a feather to produce a grey, pink and orange variegated effect on both sides. The dish is in the form of the shell pecten japonicum.
History note: Unknown before donor
The Rev. A.V. Valentine-Richards Bequest
Height: 2 cm
Length: 20.7 cm
Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed
(1933-04-05)
by
Valentine-Richards, A. V., The Rev
George III
Regency
Circa
1810
-
1825
Whiteware was a new body introduced in 1805, it was used for transfer-printed wares and for variegated lustre. See Documentation, des Fontaines 1990.The form is illustrated in the Wedgwood Queen's ware Shape Book (Wedgwood Museum no. 5291), p. 58v, 'V', Pecten japonicum. See Documentation.
Decoration composed of lustre ( gold, platinum, iron)
Moulding : White earthenware (whiteware) decorated with lustre (iron, platinum and gold) applied with a feather to produce a grey, pink and orange variegated effect on both sides.
Inscription present: or 'V'
Accession number: C.118-1933
Primary reference Number: 11985
Stable URI
Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2022)
"Pecten shell dish"
Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/11985 Accessed: 2022-05-28 08:23:31
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