Current Location: In storage
Maker(s)
Pottery:
unidentified London pottery
(Possibly)
Pottery:
Unidentified Bristol pottery
(Probably)
Entities
Categories
Description
Ttin-glazed earthenware plate painted in blue and sponged in manganese-purple with a swan swimming in a pond between a tree and a ruined column
Buff earthenware, press-moulded, tin-glazed bluish-white (rather speckly and bumpy on the reverse), painted in pale watery blue and sponged in manganese-purple. Circular with sharply sloping rim, curved sides and flat base (Archer's shape K). The front is decorated with a painted swan on a pond to the left of which is a tree with sponged manganese foliage, and to the right, a column outlined in blue with sponged manganese foliage sprouting from the top and base. There are three peg marks on the reverse.
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: 23 cm
Height: 3.4 cm
Place(s) associated
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Bristol
⪼ Somerset
⪼ England
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London
⪼ England
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed
(2015-04-27)
by
Batchelor, Ivor, Sir and Lady
Dating
18th Century, second quarter#
George II
Production date:
circa
AD 1750
People, subjects and objects depicted
Components of the work
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colours
( blue and manganese-purple)
Materials used in production
bluish-white
Tin-glaze
buff
Earthenware
Techniques used in production
Press-moulding
: Buff earthenware, press-moulded, tin-glazed bluish-white, painted in blue and manganese-purple and sponged in manganese-purple
Tin-glazing
Inscription or legends present
Inscription present: rectangular white paper stick-on label
- Text: 128
- Location: On base
- Method of creation: Hand-written in black ink
- Type: Label
Identification numbers
Accession number: C.90-2015
Primary reference Number: 201992
Old object number: 128
Entry form number: 648
Old loan number: AAL.90-2006
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Tuesday 30 June 2015
Updated: Tuesday 15 May 2018
Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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