IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 206812 accession number: C.106-2015 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Tuesday 22 September 2015 updated: Monday 29 April 2024 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: 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. object type: white salt-glazed stoneware decorated with eight panels of allegorical motifs in relief title: cup NOTES ----- type: history note value: Sir Ivor and Lady Batchelor, St Andrew’s, Fife; Sir Ivor died 24 April 2005; on loan since 2006 (Syndicate of 30 January) LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts collection: Batchelor Collection creditline: Sir Ivor and Lady Batchelor Bequest STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/206812 PEOPLE ------------------- Batchelor, Ivor Ralph Campbell Sir Batchelor, Honor TECHNIQUES ---------- salt-glazing CATEGORIES ------ category: stoneware category: white salt-glazed stoneware DATING ------ creation date: 1750 - 1755 creation date earliest: 1750 creation date latest: 1755 culture: 18th Century, Mid culture: George II CREATORS -------- maker: Unidentified Staffordshire factory DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Height units: cm value: 7.1 dimension: Width units: cm value: 8.8 CITATIONS -------- The Henry H. Weldon Collection, English Pottery, Stoneware and Earthenware 1650-1800 The Illustrated Guide to Staffordshire Salt-glazed Stoneware ---