Factory: Unidentified Staffordshire factory
White stoneware, press-moulded with integral relief decoration, applied handle, and salt-glaze. The sauce boat stands on an oval moulded foot. It has shallow curved sides with shaped rims, and a projecting curved lip. The reeded handle is ear-shaped and has a slight kick at the lower end. The sides are decorated with shells, interlacing stems and panels of diaper and wicker pattern, and there is a large shell with a small shell over it under the lip.
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
Height: 7.7 cm
Length: 17.1 cm
Width: 9 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (2015-04-27) by Batchelor, Ivor, Sir and Lady
18th Century, third quarter
George II
George III
1750
CE
-
1755
CE
Surface
composed of
salt-glaze
Foot
Length 6.4 cm
Body
off-white Stoneware
Inscription present: rectangular white paper stick-on label
Accession number: C.114-2015
Primary reference Number: 206792
Old object number: 106
Entry form number: 648
Old loan number: AAL.106-2006
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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