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Cream jug: C.61-2015

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Pottery: Unidentified Liverpool pottery

Entities

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Description

Tin-glazed earthenware cream jug painted in blue with a bird perched on a branch

Buff earthenware, thrown with applied handle, tin-glazed greyish-white, and painted in blue. The pear-shaped jug has a slight lip, an applied loop hand, and stands on a footrim. The sides are decorated with a bird perching on a branch in an Oriental garden with flowering plants and rocks. Below the rim there is a border of leaves, and down the back of the handle horizontal lines.

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

Height: 8.4 cm
Width: 7.2 cm

Place(s) associated

  • Liverpool ⪼ Lancashire ⪼ England

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

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

School or Style

Chinoiserie

People, subjects and objects depicted

Components of the work

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

Materials used in production

buff Earthenware
Tin-glaze

Techniques used in production

Tin-glazing

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: rectangular white paper stick-on label

  • Text: 63
  • Location: On base
  • Method of creation: Hand-written in black
  • Type: Label

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.61-2015
Primary reference Number: 201833
Old object number: 63
Entry form number: 648
Old loan number: AAL.61-2006
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Audit data

Created: Tuesday 16 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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