Factory: Unidentified Bristol pottery (Possibly)
Tin-glazed earthenware plate painted in blue with a heron amongst flowering foliage
Buff earthenware, moulded, tin-glazed bluish-white, and painted in blue. Circular with a narriw steeply sloping rim, curved sides and flat base. (Archer's Shape) The middle is painted with a heron-like bird standing between flowering plants. The rim is divided into fourteen compartments by lines, each containing a trefoil leaf flanked by smaller leaves. There are three peg marks on the reverse.
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
Diameter: 22 cm
Height: 3.2 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (2015-04-27) by Batchelor, Ivor, Sir and Lady
18th Century, second quarter#
George I
George II
Circa
1725
CE
-
1735
CE
Decoration composed of high-temperature colour ( blue from cobalt)
buff
Earthenware
greyish-white
Tin-glaze
Tin-glazing : Buff earthenware tin-glazed greyish-white and painted in blue high temperaturecolour
Inscription present: rectangular white paper stick-o label
Accession number: C.50-2015
Primary reference Number: 201799
Old object number: 19
Entry form number: 648
Old loan number: AAL.50-2006
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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