Pottery: Unidentified Bristol pottery (Probably)
Tin-glazed earthenware plate painted with plant motifs in blue, green and yellow
Buff earthenware, press-moulded, tin-glazed greyish-white, and painted in blue, green, yellow and dark reddish-brown. The glaze on the reverse is uneven and has pin-holes. Circular with an acutely sloping rim, curved sides and flat base. In the middle there is a multi-petalled flower head in yellow and darker yellow, surrounded by a wreath of blue and brown stylized leaves and green spots, which is repeated on the sloping rim.
History note: Lothian Collection; 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: 22.7 cm
Height: 2.7 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (2015-04-27) by Batchelor, Ivor, Sir and Lady
George II
Circa
1730
CE
-
1750
CE
Decoration composed of high-temperature colours ( blue, green, yellow, dark yellow and reddish-brown)
buff
Earthenware
greyish-white
Tin-glaze
Press-moulding
: Buff earthenware, press-moulded, tin-glazed greyish-white, and painted in blue, green, yellow, dark yellow, and reddish-brown high-temperatre colours
Tin-glazing
Inscription present: part of a rectangular white paper label, torn around the top and right edges
Inscription present: rectangular white paper stick-on label
Accession number: C.89-2015
Primary reference Number: 201997
Old object number: 127
Entry form number: 648
Old loan number: AAL.89-2006
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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