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Tea bowl and saucer: C.43 & A-2015

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Factory: Unidentified Staffordshire Pottery (Probably)

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Description

Pearlware painted underglaze in blue, brownish-yellow, green and brown with stylized buds, tendrils and foliage

White earthenware, painted in blue, brownish-yellow, green and brown under blue-tinted lead-glaze (Pratt Ware). The hemi-spherical tea bowl stands on a footring. The saucer has deep curved sides and stands on a footring. The cup is decorated on the exterior with a horizontal repeating garland comprising stylized brownish-yellow buds, brown tendrils, a blue tripartite leaf, and two lanceolate green leaves with a brown horizontal band above and another round the footring. Inside there is a brownish-yellow four-petalled flower in the centre and a brown band below the rim. The inside of the saucer is decorated to match; its exterior is undecorated.

Notes

History note: Sir Ivor and Lady Batchelor, St Andrew’s, Fife; Sir Ivor died on 24 April 2005; on loan since 2006 (Syndicate of 30 January)

Legal notes

Sir Ivor and Lady Batchelor Bequest through The Art Fund

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (2015-04-27) by Batchelor, Ivor, Sir and Lady

Dating

18th Century, Late
1780 CE - 1800 CE

Components of the work

Saucer Diameter 12.7 cm Height 3.2 cm
Tea Bowl Diameter 8.5 cm Height 4.7 cm
Decoration

Materials used in production

very slightly blue tinted Lead-glaze
white Earthenware

Techniques used in production

Lead-glazing

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: rectangular white paper stick-on label

  • Text: 137A
  • Location: On base of tea bowl
  • Method of creation: Hand-written in black ink
  • Type: Label

Inscription present: rectangular white paper stick-on label

  • Text: 137B
  • Location: On base of saucer
  • Method of creation: Hand-written in black ink
  • Type: Label

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.43 & A-2015
Primary reference Number: 201677
Old object number: 137A and B
Entry form number: 648
Old loan number: AAL.43 & A-2006
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Audit data

Created: Tuesday 2 June 2015 Updated: Tuesday 15 May 2018 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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