Pottery:
Redcliff Back Pottery
(Possibly)
Proprietor of pottery:
Frank, Richard
Tin-glazed earthenware dish painted in polychrome with stylzied plants and trellis pattern
Buff earthenware, tin-glazed greyish-white, and painted in blue, olive-green, yellow, and red. Circular with steeply sloping rim, and curved sides, standing on a footring. (Archer's Shape E). The well is decorated with a plant with three large red and yellow flowers separated by foliage springing from a bulb. The rim has a wavy red line and blue strokes on its lower edge, and four compartments of red trellis with blue spots between yellow stripes, alternating with larger panels containing a stylized plant. The glaze on the reverse has crawled round the circumference.
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: 33.6 cm
Height: 5.3 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (2015-04-27) by Batchelor, Ivor, Sir and Lady
1760 - 1770
Decoration composed of high-temperature colour ( blue, olive-green, yellow and red)
buff
Earthenware
greyish-white
Tin-glaze
Tin-glazing : Buff earthenware, tin-glazed greyish-white, and painted in blue, olive-green, yellow and red; there is a flaw in the glaze to the left of the central flower, and on the reverse, the glaze has crawled in several areas close to the edge
Inscription present: rectangular white paper stick-on label
Accession number: C.80-2015
Primary reference Number: 204577
Old object number: 111
Entry form number: 648
Old loan numb er: AAL.111-2006
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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