15929957480001312637261000Standard Recordobject-12142170249418665015948522040001702494118070fitz-onlineadlib-object-12142https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/12142bdbafe47-8128-32bc-aded-f19226f3f8764referenceterm-42861adlib-term-428615b368285-f1a8-3dcf-a5b2-637fd3c3956cearthenwarereferenceterm-108657adlib-term-108657c170cd8e-fc63-3446-81a4-6682b5979808lead-glazed earthenwarereferenceterm-42688adlib-term-426884df03958-5ee6-3a50-ada9-491bb6445fdfArt Potteryreferenceterm-133689adlib-term-1336894ef26466-81ce-3d12-aa11-d9f705180c56majolica wareclearreferenceterm-107733adlib-term-10773300160189-e3ce-3796-a88b-5aa8d6c808c4lead-glazeReverseshaded in pale yellow, pale blue, and pinkreferenceterm-107733adlib-term-10773300160189-e3ce-3796-a88b-5aa8d6c808c4lead-glazeFrontreferenceterm-115adlib-term-11594d65983-dea2-361b-b187-a968c98ab1d8NatureApplied ArtsWhite earthenware, moulded and glazed.Plate in the form of five oyster shells separated by dolphins, radiating from a small, circular bowl in the centre. On the reverse a low, curved foot supports each shell. The upper surface decorated with pale yellow, pink and purple majolica glazes. The dolphins are covered in shades of pink with eyes and fins picked out in deeper pink. The same pink is used on the outer edges of the shells and around the rim of the central bowl, thicker at the edge and shading away into the depressions, which are tinged with pale yellow. The shape and pearlescence of the inner shells is indicated with a faint application of purple. The reverse clear-glazed.C.4-19861accession numberC.4-198612142priref12142urihttps://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/12142https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/12142almost illegibleon the baseimpressedWEDGWOODfactory markalmost illegibleon reverseimpressedpossibly 'CUD'markalmost illegibleon reverseimpressedWmarkLozenge shaped registration markon reverseimpressedmarkreferenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumGiven by C.N.P. Powell, DSO, OBE, FRSL, MA, through the Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museumreferenceagent-151752adlib-agent-1517523c296588-e3b7-356d-a7a4-fa40585cb784Powell, C. N. Peter198619861986-04-28givenEntry date: 1986-04-2818781878CE1878circa1878188311883CE18831883factoryreferenceagent-143576adlib-agent-143576535626bd-0b17-316b-bbbf-3551cefd8265WedgwoodThe Wedgwood pattern number for these plates is 2754, described as ‘Oyster Tray, Argenta’. They were also produced in other colours, including brown/pink dolphins and a mustard middle on a cream/white plate and cobalt blue shells with grey dolphins and a turquoise middle. Some 42 different entries in the Wedgwood majolica ware pattern books refer to oyster trays and stands, illustrating the range and popularity of oyster plate designs produced.This is one of a pair of plates held in the Fitzwilliam collection. Oysters were abundant and inexpensive in the 19th Century, and oyster plates were fashionable from mid 1850s until c.1940. Some of the best were made with majolica glazes, introduced by Minton in 1851 and a significant area of Wedgwood production in the 1870s. Both shape and colour are important in majolica ware, and the use of colour to highlight the detail of the moulding on these plates is typical. The delicately applied pink colour and the light purple which mimics the inside of an oyster shell (less evident on this plate than on the other) suggests they were made after 1878, when Wedgwood updated its majolica ware, the new designs favouring embossed, often Japanese-inspired, naturalistic decoration painted in bright majolica colours against a pale or white background. This change, known as Argenta ware, followed the observation that earlier, more deeply coloured majolica seemed to be going out of fashion at the 1878 Paris exhibition. The lozenge-shaped factory mark indicates that the plates were made before 1884.referenceterm-108070adlib-term-1080707e278258-23e3-3d5b-a4ff-ab5ecacb4bf319th Century, Late#referenceterm-15214adlib-term-15214744af2c4-a2f2-37ad-bbf4-2cd00e91ed9bVictorianreferenceterm-113623adlib-term-11362387ef9eaf-54a8-3838-8337-94dbf03aad62literalEnglandEnglandcountryliteralStaffordshireStaffordshireregionEtruriareferenceterm-107611adlib-term-107611790e5a19-a186-34d5-a16e-2d8dff9f6247white earthenwareDiametercm23.5Heightcm3.7referencemedia-11769adlib-media-11769695f1a8f-c864-3f27-bb6f-af5ee09701e8jpegaa/aa6/C_4_1986.jpg1heightpixels550widthpixels76016162587174731imagejpegaa/aa6/mid_C_4_1986.jpg1heightpixels362widthpixels50016162587174731imagejpegaa/aa6/C_4_1986.jpg1heightpixels550widthpixels76016162587174731imagejpegaa/aa6/preview_C_4_1986.jpg1heightpixels181widthpixels25016162587174731image0media
imagereferenceterm-91581adlib-term-91581547c0b66-e2a0-35cb-9321-88f97805e630oyster platehistory noteUnknown before C.N.P. Powell, by whom given.1pairreferenceobject-12139adlib-object-121396cc3a64a-1ded-3ff8-84f6-60e8ba0b8f4c1reference1term-91581adlib-term-91581547c0b66-e2a0-35cb-9321-88f97805e630oyster plateoyster platereferenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam Museumreferencepublication-7629adlib-publication-7629ef2294bd-b5c8-3a98-a56c-43fac4fa00faFine British Pottery & Porcelain, 9 September 2009referencepublication-2156adlib-publication-21560387cc9f-2648-358b-b833-59f4386813daEnglish Majolica from a Private CollectionRef. includes list of pattern numbers and information on marks.195referencepublication-7630adlib-publication-7630ac87a53f-c7a6-303a-be08-60da98abe7ebMajolicaRef. for marks etc.Vol II, pp.651-656referencepublication-1044adlib-publication-1044daae9e3f-5832-394b-8fd8-b2a4c4265f85WedgwoodCf. plate XXXIV an ‘oyster pomerette’ for 12 oysters (different design from this, but similar indentations in the clay and centre well), illustrations of majolica ware. Also information on Argenta ware and marks.30-35referencepublication-1035adlib-publication-103515c007c0-86a5-3d45-beb8-29e69b3fbc75Wedgwood Ceramics 1846-1959referencepublication-1008adlib-publication-10083bf225e8-9d69-3810-848d-b9aa1e259d91Wedgwood of Etruria and Barlastonreferencepublication-988adlib-publication-9884906b591-b7ec-3791-bc5f-13d64bed4581Wedgwood in London, 225th Anniversary Exhibition 1759-1984animalreferenceterm-61481adlib-term-6148148d6dc11-d6cb-3413-a177-f2893b11e0f6dolphinanimalreferenceterm-33610adlib-term-336108b43fbf6-58c1-3dbe-8618-5237c5b5293doyster shellsliteraldolphindolphinliteraloyster shellsoyster shellsreferenceterm-91581adlib-term-91581547c0b66-e2a0-35cb-9321-88f97805e630oyster plateoyster plateWhite earthenware, the upper surface decorated with pale yellow, pink and purple glaze.referenceterm-111179adlib-term-111179be5c887b-c0ed-3d89-82b2-c3a870e72a68mouldingreferenceterm-120062adlib-term-120062d05176fb-17b8-3888-bba1-6c5e6c77d206lead-glazingOyster plate with dolphinsobject
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