Unidentified Bristol pottery
(Pottery)
Buff earthenware, tin-glazed greyish-white on the front and painted and sponged in manganese-purple; reverse unglazed. Square. Circular medallion framed by two concentric circles enclosing a tall lady wearing hat and wide skirt facing to the right towards a sponged tree and a house. On the left there is a larger sponged tree, and in the distance two smaller trees, and overhead clouds and four birds. In each of the four corners there is a stylized flower head.
History note: Sir Ivor and Lady Batchelor, St Andrew’s, Fife; Sir Ivor Batchelor died on 24 April 2005; on loan 2006-15
Sir Ivor and Lady Batchelor Bequest
Depth: 0.8 cm
Height: 13.2 cm
Width: 13.3 cm
Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed
(2015-04-27)
by
Batchelor, Ivor, Sir and Lady
3rd quarter 18th Century
George II
George III
Circa
1750
CE
-
1770
CE
Front composed of tin-glaze ( greyish-white) Decoration composed of manganese oxide
buff Earthenware
Inscription present: rectangular white paper stick-on label
Accession number: C.71-2015
Primary reference Number: 204641
Old object number: 90A
Entry form number: 648
Old loan number: AAL.71-2006
Stable URI
Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2022)
"Tile"
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