1592997140000 1421754243000 Standard Record object-200087 1747159856022 1594853052000 1747159409017 adlib fitz-online adlib-object-200087 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/200087 5d98c312-e0aa-3c6b-aaac-9734aadaddc8 9 reference term-42861 adlib-term-42861 5b368285-f1a8-3dcf-a5b2-637fd3c3956c earthenware reference term-108838 adlib-term-108838 894b9ec2-6fc6-306c-a0d3-8542c7640095 glazed earthenware reference term-42688 adlib-term-42688 4df03958-5ee6-3a50-ada9-491bb6445fdf Art Pottery Decoration reference term-120109 adlib-term-120109 0ac0da43-b119-38cf-9afd-87a3520c8d17 painting underglaze Applied Arts Cream earthenware plate with slip trailed design, painted underglaze in dull shades of ochre, red, dark red, and blue-black, with 'Pomegranate' pattern. Circular plate with very shallow curved sides rising to a narrow flared rim, standing on a low foot-ring. The front is decorated with the words ‘MOORCROFT/POTTERY’ between horizontal bands of pomegranates, berries and leaves, and scale pattern, all on a ground which shades from ochre to green. The reverse is painted bright blue, except for the circular area inside the foot-rim, with clear glaze over. C.25-2014 1 accession number C.25-2014 200087 priref 200087 2014 2014 2014 The Fitzwilliam Museum Entry form number 1098 uri https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/200087 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/200087 impressed at one side of base near footring and on opposite side near footring on base within footring impressed MOORCROFT MADE IN/ENGLAND factory mark written in large capitals with right stroke of W adjoining left stroke of M and with a slanting line below on base painted in blue underglaze WM initials or symbols circular greenish-grey stick-on paper with reserved white lettering, the words following the curve of the label with number between them on base two identical printed in reserve Ken Manley/135/Bonhams label reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum Given by Lord and Lady Archer reference agent-192533 adlib-agent-192533 db79c4fa-da08-3db3-b6d3-c32f76b5b772 Archer, Lord and Lady 2014 2014 2014-11-24 given 1913 1913 CE 1913 circa 1913 1920 (probably c.1916) 1 1920 CE 1920 circa 1920 maker reference agent-189003 adlib-agent-189003 3728f51f-b30c-365d-86a8-254bc9bef8fa Moorcroft Pottery Moorcroft designed both the shape and decoration of his pottery, each complementing the other, and experimented widely with glazes and decorating processes. He favoured curvilinear, naturalistic forms and by 1910-11, when ‘Pomegranate’ design was introduced, was using rich colours applied in bold, sweeping designs. The light slip-trailing combined with under-glaze oxides applied one over another to blend together in the first firing gives tonal variety, whilst the glaze firing enhances the brilliance of the colours. 'Pomegranate', sold at Liberty’s under the trade name 'Murena', became one of Moorcroft’s most popular designs and continued in production at the new pottery. It is rare to find a piece with the 'Moorcroft Pottery' name inscribed so prominently; this plate was perhaps used for advertising or to commemorate an event such as the opening of the new pottery. During the 1920s, unmarked imitation 'Pomegranate' wares were produced by a local rival. William Moorcroft (1872-1945), the son of a potteries artist and designer, trained at Burslem School of Art and in London and Paris. From c.1897-1913 he was chief designer for James Macintyre & Co.’s new Art Pottery department, in Burslem. His designs were sold through Tiffany of New York, Liberty of London and other prestigious stores. In 1913, Macintyre’s reverted to industrial wares and some thirty workers transferred to a newly established Moorcroft Pottery, in Sandbach Road, Cobridge, set up with financial support from Liberty’s. Both pottery businesses continue today. reference term-109008 adlib-term-109008 841b18bd-944d-3c9c-8d39-bdaabbcc28e1 20th Century, Early reference term-107684 adlib-term-107684 d54f530a-3bb0-3a32-a207-4cf77fb9ccf8 George V reference term-113547 adlib-term-113547 842362d2-b32b-3590-8ed9-69487370fba7 literal England England country literal Staffordshire Staffordshire region Cobridge reference term-32652 adlib-term-32652 82d8ae3b-f165-395c-ba93-dfa1c282b7be glaze reference term-42861 adlib-term-42861 5b368285-f1a8-3dcf-a5b2-637fd3c3956c earthenware Diameter cm 26 Height cm 3 reference media-195290 adlib-media-195290 46a59d53-4f1d-3291-aa34-e85f9fe10580 jpeg aa/aa32/C_25_2014_1_201507_amt49_dc2.jpg 1 height pixels 1025 width pixels 948 1616251937802 1 image jpeg aa/aa32/mid_C_25_2014_1_201507_amt49_dc2.jpg 1 height pixels 541 width pixels 500 1616251937802 1 image jpeg aa/aa32/C_25_2014_1_201507_amt49_dc2.jpg 1 height pixels 1025 width pixels 948 1616251937802 1 image jpeg aa/aa32/preview_C_25_2014_1_201507_amt49_dc2.jpg 1 height pixels 270 width pixels 250 1616251937802 1 image 0 media image reference media-195291 adlib-media-195291 af0bb5f8-3058-3545-adf9-cb03006c8dc7 jpeg aa/aa32/large_C_25_2014_2_201507_amt49_dc2.jpg 1 height pixels 1024 width pixels 1024 1616272430168 1 image jpeg aa/aa32/mid_C_25_2014_2_201507_amt49_dc2.jpg 1 height pixels 500 width pixels 500 1616272430168 1 image jpeg aa/aa32/C_25_2014_2_201507_amt49_dc2.jpg 1 height pixels 1025 width pixels 1025 1616272430168 1 image jpeg aa/aa32/preview_C_25_2014_2_201507_amt49_dc2.jpg 1 height pixels 250 width pixels 250 1616272430168 1 image 1 media image reference media-1904100518 portfolio portfolio-media-1904100518 62050fad-2842-3162-b29a-ca2b171632e9 jpeg portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/320/295/large_C_25_2014_2_201507_amt49_mas.jpg 1 height pixels 1288 width pixels 1024 1511573378000 1 image jpeg portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/320/295/mid_C_25_2014_2_201507_amt49_mas.jpg 1 height pixels 629 width pixels 500 1511573378000 1 image C.25-2014_2_201507_amt49_mas.tif 1511573378000 1 1 image jpeg portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/320/295/preview_C_25_2014_2_201507_amt49_mas.jpg 1 height pixels 314 width pixels 250 1511573378000 1 image pyramid tiff portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/320/295/C_25_2014_2_201507_amt49_mas.ptif 1 height pixels 5900 width pixels 4692 1511573378000 1 image 2 media image reference media-3295728927 portfolio portfolio-media-3295728927 09c25863-8433-3fd1-a2c7-12cf08cd8085 jpeg portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/638/969/large_C_25_2014_1_201507_amt49_mas.jpg 1 height pixels 1287 width pixels 1024 1554766879000 1 image jpeg portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/638/969/mid_C_25_2014_1_201507_amt49_mas.jpg 1 height pixels 628 width pixels 500 1554766879000 1 image jpeg portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/638/969/C_25_2014_1_201507_amt49_mas.jpg 1 height pixels 5771 width pixels 4592 1554766879000 1 1 image jpeg portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/638/969/preview_C_25_2014_1_201507_amt49_mas.jpg 1 height pixels 314 width pixels 250 1554766879000 1 image pyramid tiff portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/638/969/C_25_2014_1_201507_amt49_mas.ptif 1 height pixels 5771 width pixels 4592 1554766879000 1 image 3 media image reference media-562338064 portfolio portfolio-media-562338064 9b2aa6f5-8fbf-3070-b5bd-fd24310914a3 jpeg portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/1/42/475/large_C_25_2014_1_201507_amt49_mas.jpg 1 height pixels 1287 width pixels 1024 1695946828000 1 image jpeg portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/1/42/475/mid_C_25_2014_1_201507_amt49_mas.jpg 1 height pixels 628 width pixels 500 1695946828000 1 image C.25-2014_1_201507_amt49_mas.tif 1695946828000 1 image jpeg portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/1/42/475/preview_C_25_2014_1_201507_amt49_mas.jpg 1 height pixels 314 width pixels 250 1695946828000 1 image 4 media image reference media-4130501087 portfolio portfolio-media-4130501087 12aee125-9b56-3597-bf21-1d345916c294 jpeg portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/1/42/478/large_C_25_2014_2_201507_amt49_mas.jpg 1 height pixels 1288 width pixels 1024 1695946830000 1 image jpeg portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/1/42/478/mid_C_25_2014_2_201507_amt49_mas.jpg 1 height pixels 629 width pixels 500 1695946830000 1 image C.25-2014_2_201507_amt49_mas.tif 1695946830000 1 image jpeg portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/1/42/478/preview_C_25_2014_2_201507_amt49_mas.jpg 1 height pixels 314 width pixels 250 1695946830000 1 image 5 media image reference term-34935 adlib-term-34935 b6750733-fe79-33fc-b39a-c296fcd223b4 plate history note Bonhams, 21 May 2014, The Ken Manley collection of Moorcroft Pottery, lot 135; Lord and Lady Archer 1 similar design reference object-73965 adlib-object-73965 fd4657d6-b978-3e99-b97f-1fa6956cc81a

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coffee service reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum reference publication-7739 adlib-publication-7739 84de218c-794e-3f7f-a612-999d2e1420eb Ken Manley Collection of Moorcroft Pottery, 21 May 2014 Cf. no.58. Moorcroft vase in Pomegranate pattern, in the Fitzwilliam collection. 126-7 reference publication-1030 adlib-publication-1030 9cf77d50-a614-3947-8d0e-919f695fe7b0 Fitzwilliam Museum Handbooks, English Pottery Cf. Black and white illustrations of the Pomegranate pattern on a vase, no. 196. See p.12 for reference to links with Liberty's. pp.5-12, 60,61. reference publication-3556 adlib-publication-3556 37f3022b-a839-3f22-b6ab-fb24e81ee97c William Moorcroft and Walter Moorcroft, 1897-1973 : catalogue of an exhibition of pottery at the Fine Art Society, 4 December to 15 December 1973 at 148 New Bond Street, London W.1 Cf. examples of Moorcroft pottery produced for Liberty’s, including ‘Pomegranate’ pattern (called ‘Murena’ in the Liberty’s catalogue), D242: bowl, pink, blue and green design on pale green and cream ground, c.1910; D244 : plate and biscuit box, red, blue and yellow design on mottled blue and yellow ground, c.1911. 84-88 reference publication-7465 adlib-publication-7465 aef6c2e8-d950-3377-b815-0d4a5208e7da Liberty’s 1875-1975: An exhibition to mark the firm’s centenary reference publication-7768 adlib-publication-7768 0fe70503-ee30-3ce3-a04d-a477ae7a7a5b Moorcroft. A Guide to Moorcroft Pottery 1897-1993 reference publication-400001965 adlib-publication-400001965 1881c199-a3af-3db1-90ec-2c7c8b83eefb William Moorcroft : Behind The Glaze Ref. 206-7 reference publication-3367 adlib-publication-3367 d690c068-f9ae-39f7-b781-c471ea3065c7 Encyclopaedia of British Art Pottery 1870-1920 230 reference publication-2669 adlib-publication-2669 aa0d3603-2ba6-3e9d-90d9-3f0d5506093f Encyclopedia of Pottery and Porcelain, The Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries reference term-42688 adlib-term-42688 4df03958-5ee6-3a50-ada9-491bb6445fdf Art Pottery plant reference term-108596 adlib-term-108596 a8fe6c32-868e-35f8-8db0-163f393d0df9 pomegranate plant reference term-126237 adlib-term-126237 ef9ccbcb-e42e-36ba-ba6b-78c91a4daf69 grape literal pomegranate pomegranate literal grape grape

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