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Factory: Wedgwood
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.
History note: Robert and Elizabeth Hirsch, Cambridge
Given from the Robert and Elizabeth Hirsch Collection
Height: 1.7 cm
Length: 38.8 cm
Width: 27.3 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1991-01-21) by Robert and Elizabeth Hirsch Collection
19th Century, Early
George III
George IV
Circa
1815
-
1830
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'.
Decoration composed of gold
with gilt edges
Drabware
Lead-glaze
Moulding
: Drabware with gilt edges.
Lead-glazing
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.
Accession number: C.7-1991
Primary reference Number: 12093
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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