Factory: Unidentified Staffordshire factory
White salt-glazed stoneware decorated with eight panels of allegorical motifs in relief
Off-white stoneware, slip-cast with integral relief decoration, an applied handle, and salt-glaze. The cup is of narrow bell-shape and stands on a circular footrim. The loop handle is reeded and has a kick at the lower end. The sides are decorated with eight vertical panels with allegorical motifs one above the other in each panel. Beginning on the right of the handle: an arabesque with above, a double-headed eagle of the Holy Roman Empire; a tea kettle beside a hearth, and two people seated at a table on which is a giant teapot with a drape above it; two figures on either side of a box or table, a nude figure carrying a globe, and a shield charged with three animals; two figures on either side of a heart, a monster, and a profile head in a medallion; a swimming swan, Cupid riding a lion, and the Fox and the Stork; a plant pot, a unicorn and a putto amidst foliage; fruit piled on a dish, a huntsman holding a staff accompanied by a hound, and a bird perching in a tree; a game bird or peacock, a stag with a coat-of-arms above. There is a plain band below the rim.
History note: Sir Ivor and Lady Batchelor, St Andrew’s, Fife; Sir Ivor died 24 April 2005; on loan since 2006 (Syndicate of 30 January)
Sir Ivor and Lady Batchelor Bequest
Height: 7.1 cm
Width: 8.8 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (2015-04-27) by Batchelor, Ivor, Sir and Lady
18th Century, Mid
George II
Circa
1750
CE
-
1755
CE
These strange motifs occur on other white salt-glazed stoneware tea and coffee wares, such as sugar bowls and milk jugs. This cup is analogous to C.583-1928, but has the panels in a different order round the sides.
Surface
composed of
salt-glaze
Rim
Diameter 6.5 cm
Cup
off-white Stoneware
Inscription present: rectangular white paper stick-on label
Accession number: C.106-2015
Primary reference Number: 206812
Old object number: 112
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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