1592995748000 1312637261000 Standard Record object-12142 1747159974836 1714464828000 1747159409017 adlib fitz-online adlib-object-12142 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/12142 bdbafe47-8128-32bc-aded-f19226f3f876 5 reference term-42861 adlib-term-42861 5b368285-f1a8-3dcf-a5b2-637fd3c3956c earthenware reference term-108657 adlib-term-108657 c170cd8e-fc63-3446-81a4-6682b5979808 lead-glazed earthenware reference term-42688 adlib-term-42688 4df03958-5ee6-3a50-ada9-491bb6445fdf Art Pottery reference term-133689 adlib-term-133689 4ef26466-81ce-3d12-aa11-d9f705180c56 majolica ware clear reference term-107733 adlib-term-107733 00160189-e3ce-3796-a88b-5aa8d6c808c4 lead-glaze Reverse shaded in pale yellow, pale blue, and pink reference term-107733 adlib-term-107733 00160189-e3ce-3796-a88b-5aa8d6c808c4 lead-glaze Front reference term-115 adlib-term-115 94d65983-dea2-361b-b187-a968c98ab1d8 Nature Applied Arts White 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.4-1986 1 accession number C.4-1986 12142 priref 12142 uri https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/12142 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/12142 almost illegible on the base impressed WEDGWOOD factory mark almost illegible on reverse impressed possibly 'CUD' mark almost illegible on reverse impressed W mark Lozenge shaped registration mark on reverse impressed mark reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum Given by C.N.P. Powell, DSO, OBE, FRSL, MA, through the Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum reference agent-151752 adlib-agent-151752 3c296588-e3b7-356d-a7a4-fa40585cb784 Powell, C. N. Peter 1986 1986 1986-04-28 given Entry date: 1986-04-28 1878 1878 CE 1878 circa 1878 1883 1 1883 CE 1883 1883 factory reference agent-143576 adlib-agent-143576 535626bd-0b17-316b-bbbf-3551cefd8265 Wedgwood The 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. reference term-108070 adlib-term-108070 7e278258-23e3-3d5b-a4ff-ab5ecacb4bf3 19th Century, Late reference term-15214 adlib-term-15214 744af2c4-a2f2-37ad-bbf4-2cd00e91ed9b Victorian 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 Diameter cm 23.5 Height cm 3.7 reference media-11769 adlib-media-11769 695f1a8f-c864-3f27-bb6f-af5ee09701e8 jpeg aa/aa6/C_4_1986.jpg 1 height pixels 550 width pixels 760 1616258717473 1 image jpeg aa/aa6/mid_C_4_1986.jpg 1 height pixels 362 width pixels 500 1616258717473 1 image jpeg aa/aa6/C_4_1986.jpg 1 height pixels 550 width pixels 760 1616258717473 1 image jpeg aa/aa6/preview_C_4_1986.jpg 1 height pixels 181 width pixels 250 1616258717473 1 image 0 media image reference term-91581 adlib-term-91581 547c0b66-e2a0-35cb-9321-88f97805e630 oyster plate history note Unknown before C.N.P. Powell, by whom given. 1 pair reference object-12139 adlib-object-12139 6cc3a64a-1ded-3ff8-84f6-60e8ba0b8f4c

1 reference 1 term-91581 adlib-term-91581 547c0b66-e2a0-35cb-9321-88f97805e630 oyster plate

oyster plate reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum reference publication-7629 adlib-publication-7629 ef2294bd-b5c8-3a98-a56c-43fac4fa00fa Fine British Pottery & Porcelain, 9 September 2009 reference publication-2156 adlib-publication-2156 0387cc9f-2648-358b-b833-59f4386813da English Majolica from a Private Collection Ref. includes list of pattern numbers and information on marks. 195 reference publication-7630 adlib-publication-7630 ac87a53f-c7a6-303a-be08-60da98abe7eb Majolica Ref. for marks etc. Vol II, pp.651-656 reference publication-1044 adlib-publication-1044 daae9e3f-5832-394b-8fd8-b2a4c4265f85 Wedgwood Cf. 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. 30-35 reference publication-1035 adlib-publication-1035 15c007c0-86a5-3d45-beb8-29e69b3fbc75 Wedgwood Ceramics 1846-1959 reference publication-1008 adlib-publication-1008 3bf225e8-9d69-3810-848d-b9aa1e259d91 Wedgwood of Etruria and Barlaston reference publication-988 adlib-publication-988 4906b591-b7ec-3791-bc5f-13d64bed4581 Wedgwood in London, 225th Anniversary Exhibition 1759-1984 animal reference term-61481 adlib-term-61481 48d6dc11-d6cb-3413-a177-f2893b11e0f6 dolphin animal reference term-33610 adlib-term-33610 8b43fbf6-58c1-3dbe-8618-5237c5b5293d oyster shells literal dolphin dolphin literal oyster shells oyster shells

reference term-91581 adlib-term-91581 547c0b66-e2a0-35cb-9321-88f97805e630 oyster plate

oyster plate White earthenware, the upper surface decorated with pale yellow, pink and purple glaze. reference term-111179 adlib-term-111179 be5c887b-c0ed-3d89-82b2-c3a870e72a68 moulding reference term-120062 adlib-term-120062 d05176fb-17b8-3888-bba1-6c5e6c77d206 lead-glazing object OBJECT