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Plate: C.558-1928

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Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Production: Unidentified Staffordshire factory

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Description

White stoneware press-moulded, with integral relief decoration, and salt-glazed. Circular with a scalloped edge, gently sloping rim, and curved well, standing on a very slight footring. In the middle is a circular medallion with a rope edge, enclosing a triangular arrangement of rococo scrolls surrounded by tightly woven basketwork. Outside the medallion there are panels of trellis work and stripes surrounded by rococo scrolls, and pears, melons, apples, and nuts and leaves in relief. The border is decorated with larger telliswork pierced by sixteen groups of three rectangular piercings.

Notes

History note: Sotheby's, 23 April, 1926, part of lot 5; bought with a plate and a teapot for £2 by Hunt on behalf of Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge

Legal notes

Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Height: 3 cm
Width: 24.1 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr

Dating

18th Century, third quarter
George II or George III
Circa 1755 - 1770

Note

Similar plates were produced in dark cream earthenware decorated with coloured glazes.

School or Style

Rococo

Components of the work

Surface composed of salt-glaze

Materials used in production

off-white Stoneware

Techniques used in production

Press-moulding

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: rectangular white paper stick-on label with cut corners and a dark blue line running round all edges

  • Text: 4865/White saltglaze/plate with partly/perforated lattice/border, having a/symmetrical/pattern in the middle surrounded/by moulded fruits
  • Location: On base
  • Method of creation: Hand-written in black ink
  • Type: Label

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.558-1928
Primary reference Number: 75519
Old object number: 4865

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 29 April 2024

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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