Current Location: In storage
Maker(s)
Pottery:
Unidentified Staffordshire Pottery
Entities
Categories
Description
Dark cream earthenware decorated with applied relief’s in green and blue on brown ground
Dark cream earthenware with applied moulded handle, spout, feet, and knob, decorated with greyish-blue, green, and manganese-brown oxide colours under lead-glaze. The globular pot has a short cylindrical neck, a crabstock handle and spout, and stands on three paw feet. There are four holes surrounding a smaller hole in the wall of the pot behind the spout. The domed cover has a narrow flange, a ventilation hole, and a knob in the shape of a bird with outstretched wings. Both sides of the pot are decorated with an applied waving stem bearing four leaves and a large multi-petalled flower. the cover has four leaves radiating from the knob
Notes
History note: Sir Ivor and Lady Batchelor, St Andrew's, Fife; Sir Ivor Batchelor died on 24 April 2005; on loan since 2006
Legal notes
Sir Ivor and Lady Batchelor Bequest
Measurements and weight
Height: 14.7 cm
Length: 20.1 cm
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed
(2015-04-27)
by
Batchelor, Ivor, Sir and Lady
Dating
18th Century, third quarter
George II
George III
Circa
1750
-
1765
School or Style
Rococo
People, subjects and objects depicted
Components of the work
Decoration
composed of
oxide colours
( green and blue)
Materials used in production
cream
Earthenware
Lead-glaze
Techniques used in production
Lead-glazing
Inscription or legends present
Inscription present: Circular white paper stick-on label
- Text: ‘D.M. WOOD/COLLECTION’ and below a line, hand-written, 83
- Location: On base
- Method of creation: Printed in black and hand-written in black ink
- Type: Label
Inscription present: rectangular white paper stick-on label
- Text: 31
- Location: On base
- Method of creation: Hand-written in black ink
- Type: Label
Identification numbers
Accession number: C.13 & A-2015
Primary reference Number: 201363
Old object number: 31
Entry form number: 648
Old loan number: AAL.13 & A-2006
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Tuesday 26 May 2015
Updated: Friday 11 September 2015
Last processed: Wednesday 13 December 2023
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
