Current Location: In storage
Maker(s)
Factory:
Unidentified Staffordshire Pottery
(Probably)
Entities
Categories
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
Stable URI
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
