These images are provided for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons License (BY-NC-ND). To license a high resolution version, please contact our image library who will discuss fees, terms and waivers.
Download this imageCreative commons explained - what it means, how you can use our's and other people's content.
Factory: Unidentified Staffordshire factory (Uncertain)
Cream-coloured earthenware, lead-glazed, leaf-shaped dish.
Cream-coloured earthenware, press-moulded and lead-glazed. The dish is in the shape of a concave, serrated-edged leaf with a curved stalk handle, standing on a shaped footring. The interior is decorated in relief with currant branches and currants.
History note: Messrs. A.F. Allbrook, Essex, May, 1984 from whom purchased by Sir Ivor Batchelor; Sir Ivor and Lady Batchelor
Given by Sir Ivor and Lady Batchelor
Height: 2.2 cm
Length: 16.5 cm
Width: 14.0 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1996-01-22) by Batchelor, Ivor, Sir and Lady
18th Century, Late
George III
Circa
1780
CE
-
1800
CE
This dish may have been a stand for a small tureen or sauce boat, or a dish for pickles or sweetmeats. It was possibly made by James & Charles Whitehead of Hanley whose Pattern Book includes 'Item 76, Melon Form with Stands and Ladles in five sizes' of which the stands similar to this. Comparable leaf dishes have been attributed to Yorkshire.
cream
Earthenware
Lead-glaze
Moulding
: Cream-coloured earthenware, press-moulded and lead-glazed
Lead-glazing
Accession number: C.4-1996
Primary reference Number: 75022
Old object number: 122
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Leaf dish" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/75022 Accessed: 2024-11-05 23:53:00
To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:
{{cite web|url=https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/75022
|title=Leaf dish
|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-11-05 23:53:00|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
To call these data via our API (remember this needs to be authenticated) you can use this code snippet:
https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/api/v1/objects/object-75022
To use this as a simple code embed, copy this string:
<div class="text-center">
<figure class="figure">
<img src="https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa2/C_4_1996_281_29.jpg"
alt="Leaf dish"
class="img-fluid" />
<figcaption class="figure-caption text-info">Leaf dish</figcaption>
</figure>
</div>
Updates about future exhibitions and displays, family activities, virtual events & news. You'll be the first to know...
