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Dish: C.60-2015

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Pottery: Unidentified Liverpool pottery (Probably)

Entities

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Description

Tin-glazed earthenware dish painted in blue with a house

Buff earthenware, press-moulded, tin-glazed greyish-white, and painted in blue. The circular dish has a sloping rim, deep curved sides, and stands on a footrim. (Archer's Shape )The central area of the rim and well are painted with a European landscape featuring a house with a smoking chimney standing beside a lake or river, with a small tree to the left, a palisade, a signpost and a larger tree on the right, and in the distance to left, a small house. There are three peg marks on the reverse of the rim

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

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 27 cm
Height: 3.7 cm

Place(s) associated

  • Liverpool ⪼ Lancashire ⪼ England

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (201-04-27) by Batchelor, Ivor, Sir and Lady

Dating

18th Century, third quarter
George III
Circa 1750 - 1760

People, subjects and objects depicted

Components of the work

Decoration composed of high-temperature colour ( blue from cobalt oxide)

Materials used in production

buff Earthenware
Tin-glaze

Techniques used in production

Press-moulding : Buff earthenware, press-moulded, tin-glazed greyish-white, and painted in blue
Tin-glazing

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.60-2015
Primary reference Number: 201813
Old object number: 62
Entry form number: 648
Old loan number: AAL.60-2006
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Audit data

Created: Tuesday 9 June 2015 Updated: Tuesday 15 May 2018 Last processed: Wednesday 13 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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