Factory: Unidentified Staffordshire Pottery (Probably)
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.
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)
Sir Ivor and Lady Batchelor Bequest through The Art Fund
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (2015-04-27) by Batchelor, Ivor, Sir and Lady
18th Century, Late
1780
CE
-
1800
CE
Saucer
Diameter 12.7 cm
Height 3.2 cm
Tea Bowl
Diameter 8.5 cm
Height 4.7 cm
Decoration
very slightly blue tinted
Lead-glaze
white
Earthenware
Inscription present: rectangular white paper stick-on label
Inscription present: rectangular white paper stick-on label
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
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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