Pottery: unidentified London pottery (Probably)
Tin-glazed earthenware plate painted with two rabbits under an Oriental style tree
Buff earthenware, tin-glazed bluish-white, and painted in blue. Circular with a narrow sloping rim, curved sides and flat base. On the central area within two narrow concentric circles there are two rabbits facing towards the centre flanked by stylized plants, and further forward, an Oriental style tree. The border on the rim comprises a scalloped line with two oval shapes in each of the eighteen semi-circles formed by it, and eighteen trefoils below the line. There are three 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: 23.2 cm
Height: 3 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (2015-04-27) by Batchelor, Ivor, Sir and Lady
18th Century, Mid
George II
Circa
1770
CE
-
1780
CE
Decoration composed of high-temperature colour ( blue from cobalt)
bluish-white
Tin-glaze
buff
Earthenware
Tin-glazing : Buff earthenware, tin-glazed bluish-white and painted in blue
Inscription present: rectangular white paper stick-on label
Accession number: C.73-2015
Primary reference Number: 204566
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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