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Cream-coloured earthenware plate with shell edge, painted underglaze in blue with a seated Chinese man holding a parasol in a garden, and four floral sprays
Cream-coloured earthenware, press-moulded, and painted underglaze in blue. The plate is circular with a wavy shell edge, shallow curved sides and flat centre. In the middle, a Chinese man is seated holding a parasol beside a willow tree. To the left, there is a fence, a flowering branch, and an insect, and in the foreground a small plant. The rim is decorated with four floral sprays which extend over the shell edge.
History note: Sotheby's, 13 June, 1906, part of lot 273; bt by S.G. Fenton for £1.0.0. on behalf of Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Diameter: 25 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, Late
George III
Circa
1775
-
1790
Earthenware plates and dishes with moulded shell edges were made by many English pottery manufacturers between about 1775 and 1860. A plate was illustrated in the Leeds Pottery catalogue of shapes first issued in 1783. Chinoiserie designs inspired by Chinese porcelain painted underglaze in blue were popular, but are less satisfactory on creamware than on pearlware which had a bluish-white colour which was more flattering to blue decoration.
Decoration composed of cobalt
cream-coloured
Earthenware
presumed lead-glaze
Lead-glaze
Moulding
: Cream-coloured earthenware, press-moulded, and painted underglaze in blue
Lead-glazing
Accession number: C.1050-1928
Primary reference Number: 71229
Old object number: 2435
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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