Current Location: In storage
Maker(s)
Factory:
Unidentified Staffordshire factory
Factory:
Unidentified Yorkshire factory
Entities
Categories
Description
Creamware painted in enamels with Flesh coloured Crane’s Bill; the name of the plant inscribed on the reverse
Cream earthenware, moulded, lead-glazed, and painted in green, pale purple, dark reddish-brown, and red enamels. The circular plate has a narrow sloping rim and shallow well. The front is painted with a plant stem with four pale purple flowers and seven green leaves. The rim is encircled by a narrow and a broad dark reddish-brown band. The revers is painted in red with the name of the plane 'Flesh coloured Cranes Bill'
Notes
History note: Sir Ivor and Lady Batchelor, St Andrew’s, Fife; on loan since 2006
Legal notes
Sir Ivory and Lady Batchelor Bequest
Measurements and weight
Diameter: 19.8 cm
Height: 17 cm
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed
Dating
18th Century, Late
George III
Production date:
circa
AD 1790
People, subjects and objects depicted
Components of the work
Decoration
composed of
enamel
Materials used in production
cream
Earthenware
Lead-glaze
Techniques used in production
Lead-glazing
Inscription or legends present
- Text: Flesh coloured Cranes Bill
- Location: On back
- Method of creation: Painted in red enamel
- Type: Inscription
Inscription present: rectangular white paper stick-on label
- Text: 7
- Location: On back
- Method of creation: Hand-written in black ink
- Type: Label
Identification numbers
Accession number: C.29-2015
Primary reference Number: 201551
Old object number: 7
Entry form number: 648
Old loan number: AAL.29-2006
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Tuesday 2 June 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
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