Plate: C.86-2015

Maker(s)

Pottery: Unidentified Liverpool pottery (Possibly)

Entities

• Plate

Categories

• Tin-glazed earthenware
• English delftware

Description

Tin-glazed earthenware plate painted in blue with a rural scene

Buff earthenware, press-moulded, tin-glazed bluish-white, and painted in blue and red-brown. Circular with a wide almost flat rim, shallow curved sides and flat centre, standing on a footrim. The front is painted overall with a rural scene. On the left, is a tree growing out of a rock on which leans a man playing a horn, who is watched by a standing shepherd, both wearing broad-brimmed hats, jackets, breeches, stockings and shoes. Further to the right are two ill-defined animals , perhaps a goat or sheep and a cat or fox with a large insect flying above them. The rim is encircled by a red-brown band. There is one large and one small peg mark 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

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

18th Century, second quarter
George II
Circa 1750 CE - 1760 CE

Note

Although the figures are European, the asymmetrical design was strongly influenced by Oriental porcelain, as was the red-brown rim, often a feature of Chinese dishes and plates. A similar plate attributed to Liverpool is in a private collection. Made in Liverpool, 1993, p. 60, no. 25.

School or Style

Rococo