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Shell Dish
Factory:
Spode
Engraver:
Kirk, Thomas
(After)
White earthenware, transfer-printed underglaze in blue with Greek pattern
White earthenware transfer-printed underglaze in blue. This nine-sided dish has seven slightly scalloped edges and two deeply scalloped right-hand edges, to which the twisted shell handles are attached. There is a small, indented rim to the top of each indented edge, deep sides and a flat centre. The dish stands on three, moulded, spiral feet. Decorated with a small, uneven, nine-sided medallion enclosing a seated figure holding a leafed branch or wand and a standing, female figure turning away, reserved in a blue ground and bordered by a circle of four-petalled flowers between two scalloped lines. The deep rim is decorated with two urns, to the north and south of the medallion and two shaped reserves, to the east and west, each featuring classical scenes. The spaces between the urns and reserves are decorated with fruit and flowers, all reserved in a blue ground.
History note: History of object unknown before donor, Mrs H.D. Weatherhead
Given by Mrs H.D. Weatherhead, Wells, in memory of her son A.J.B. Weatherhead, Clare College, Cambridge
Height: 3.8 cm
Length: 15 cm
Width: 16 cm
Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.
Method of acquisition: Given (1977-04-21) by Weatherhead, H. D., Mrs
Early 19th Century
Circa
1806
CE
-
1833
CE
The Greek pattern service designs were derived from 'Outlines from the Figures and Compositions upon the Greek. Roman and Etruscan Vases of the late Sir William Hamilton, with engraved borders. Drawn and engraved by the late Mr Kirk, 1804. The Greek pattern design was introduced in 1806.
Accession number: C.8F-1977
Primary reference Number: 76317
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2023) "Shell Dish" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/76317 Accessed: 2023-06-01 20:13:25
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Accession Number: E.GA.844.1947
Accession Number: M.70B-1983
Accession Number: M.70D-1983
Accession Number: M.70C-1983
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