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Dish drainer: C.7-1991

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Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Factory: Wedgwood

Entities

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Description

Drabware with gilt edges. Oval, pierced by a large central hole, and four leaf sprays alternating with four groups of holes forming highly stylised plant motifs.

Notes

History note: Robert and Elizabeth Hirsch, Cambridge

Legal notes

Given from the Robert and Elizabeth Hirsch Collection

Measurements and weight

Height: 1.7 cm
Length: 38.8 cm
Width: 27.3 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1991-01-21) by Robert and Elizabeth Hirsch Collection

Dating

19th Century, Early
George III
George IV
Circa 1815 - 1830

Note

The first known mention of Drabware was in 1811 and it was made regularly from 1812. Production continued into the twentieth century. See Documentation. Pierced dish drainers fitted over large serving dishes so that the joices from fish or meat could run through iand be collected the dish below. They were sometimes referred to as 'fish plates' or, when of pewter or silver, as 'mazarines'.

Components of the work

Decoration composed of gold

Materials used in production

with gilt edges Drabware
Lead-glaze

Techniques used in production

Moulding : Drabware with gilt edges.
Lead-glazing

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: WEDGWOOD
  • Location: On the back
  • Method of creation: Impressed
  • Type: Factory mark
  • Text: P
  • Location: On the back
  • Method of creation: Impressed
  • Type: Mark
  • Text: 18
  • Location: On the back
  • Method of creation: Incised
  • Type: Mark

Inscription present: Circular collectors' label printed in black. 'ROBERT & ELIZABETH HIRSCH . COLLECTION' reserved in a black border, surrounding in left top quarter 'R/No 18' over grapes, and in the right top quarter, 'E/No 17' over two stylised fish, with a border of dots and short lines round the lower half.

  • Text: 'ROBERT & ELIZABETH HIRSCH . COLLECTION', 'R/No 18', 'E/No 17'
  • Location: On the back
  • Method of creation: Printed in black
  • Type: Label

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.7-1991
Primary reference Number: 12093

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 31 December 2024

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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