Possibly
unidentified London pottery
(Pottery)
Probably
Unidentified Bristol pottery
(Pottery)
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.
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: 3.4 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed
(2015-04-27)
by
Batchelor, Ivor, Sir and Lady
Second quarter of 18th century
George II
Production date:
circa
AD 1750
Decoration composed of high-temperature colours ( blue and manganese-purple)
bluish-white Tin-glaze buff Earthenware
Press-moulding : Buff earthenware, press-moulded, tin-glazed bluish-white, painted in blue and manganese-purple and sponged in manganese-purple
Tin-glazing
Inscription present: rectangular white paper stick-on label
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
Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts
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