Strawberry Leaf Plate
Factory:
Longton Hall Porcelain Manufactory
Potter:
Littler, William
Soft-paste porcelain 'strawberry leaf plate', decorated in polychrome enamels.
Soft-paste porcelain 'strawberry plate', moulded in relief with strawberries and leaves, and covered with pale blueish-grey glaze. Painted in blue, green, yellow, pale red, purple, grey and black enamel colours. Circular with shaped edge and shallow well; recessed base. Decorated in the middle with a bird standing on an island with a butterfly and a bird flying overhead; over the moulded leaves, three butterflies (or moths) and sprigs.
History note: Dr and Mrs Hugh Statham; Dr Statham died 1967; Mrs Statham died 1970; their daughter, Miss Beryl Statham by whom lent anonymously in 1988. Bequeathed by Miss Statham, 1990, accepted by H.M. Government in lieu of Inheritance Tax and allocated to the Fitzwilliam Museum
Bequeathed by Miss Statham, accepted by H.M. Government in lieu of Inheritance Tax and allocated to the Fitzwilliam Museum
Height: 23.2 cm
Method of acquisition: Allocated (1992) by H.M. Government
18th Century, Mid#
George II
Circa
1754
CE
-
1757
CE
Decoration composed of enamels ( in blue, green, yellow, pale red, purple, grey and black)
pale blueish-grey, presumed lead
Lead-glaze
Soft-paste porcelain
Press-moulding
: Soft-paste porcelain, moulded in relief with strawberries and leaves, and covered with pale blueish-grey glaze, and painted in blue, green, yellow, pale red, purple, grey and black enamel colours
Glazing (coating)
Accession number: C.44-1992
Primary reference Number: 38180
Old loan number: Statham Loan 30-1988
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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