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Mould: C.6-1993

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Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Factory: Unidentified Staffordshire factory (Probably)

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Description

Press-moulded white salt-glazed stoneware mould, with birds, branches and leaves.

Press-moulded white salt-glazed stoneware. Approximately D-shaped with a wavy edge on the curved side. Decorated inside in 'intaglio' with two branches and leaves curving to right and left, with above a row of five birds.

Notes

History note: Messrs A.F. Allbrook, Essex; sold in May 1984 to Sir Ivor Batchelor; Sir Ivor and Lady Batchelor

Legal notes

Given by Sir Ivor and Lady Batchelor

Measurements and weight

Depth: 3 cm
Length: 11.8 cm
Width: 8.5 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1993-01-18) by Batchelor, Ivor, Sir and Lady

Dating

18th Century, Mid
George II
Circa 1745 CE - 1760 CE

School or Style

Rococo

Materials used in production

Salt-glaze
Stoneware

Techniques used in production

Press-moulding : Press-moulded white salt-glazed stoneware.
Salt-glazing

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.6-1993
Primary reference Number: 75681
Old object number: 125

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 30 April 2024

Associated departments & institutions

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

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