Pottery:
Lambeth High Street Pottery
Proprietor of pottery:
Griffith, William
Tin-glazed earthenware plate with a powdered blue border, and centre painted polychrome with Chinese flowers
Buff earthenware, press-moulded, tin-glazed greyish-white, and decorated with a powder-blue ground, and painting in blue, green, yellow and red. Circular with a scalloped and fluted rim, shallow curved sides and flat centre standing on a footrim. The rim is powdered in blue except for four reserved flowers and stems of foliage and flowers scratched through the ground. The central area is painted in polychrome with bamboo, a flowering tree, a large flower, leaves, and an insect. There are three small peg marks on the underside of the rim.
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: 23 cm
Height: 2 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (2015-04-27) by Batchelor, Ivor, Sir and Lady
18th Century, third quarter
George II
George III
Production date:
circa
AD 1750
Decoration composed of high-temperature colours ( blue, green, yellow, red) cobalt oxide
buff
Earthenware
greyish-white
Tin-glaze
Press-moulding
: Buff earthenware, press-moulded, tin-glazed greyish-white, and decorated with powder blue, sgraffito, and painting in blue, green, yellow and red
Tin-glazing
Inscription present: rectangular white paper stick-on label
Accession number: C.83-2015
Primary reference Number: 201844
Old object number: 116
Entry form number: 648
Old loan number: AAL.83-2006
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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