King's College dinner service (items): C.2A-D-1969

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Titles

King's College dinner service (items)

Maker(s)

Factory: Josiah Wedgwood & Sons
Designer: Guyatt, Richard Talbot

Entities

Part of a dinner service

Categories

Description

One Trial Soup Plate, One Finished Soup Plate, a Dessert Plate, and a Dinner Plate from the Service made for the High Table of Kings College. Cream-coloured earthenware (Queen's ware), printed underglaze in black, glazed and gilded. See individual entries.

Notes

History note: Commissioned by King's College, Cambridge

Legal notes

Given by A.N.L. Munby

Place(s) associated

Barlaston ⪼ Staffordshire ⪼ England

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1969-03-13) by Munby, A. N. L.

Dating

20th Century, Mid
Elizabeth II
1952 CE - 1959 CE

Note

See individual items

People, subjects and objects depicted

Components of the work

Decoration composed of underglaze (material) ( printed in black)

Materials used in production

Cream-coloured earthenware

Techniques used in production

Moulding : Earthenware, moulded, printed, glazed and gilded

References and bibliographic entries

Fitzwilliam Museum Handbooks, English Pottery page(s): 132-3
Wedgwood of Etruria and Barlaston page(s): pp. 72, 126
Wedgwood Ceramics 1846-1959 page(s): p. 217
Wedgwood, The New Illustrated Dictionary page(s): p. 212

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.2A-D-1969
Primary reference Number: 11761
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 11 September 2018

Associated departments & institutions

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

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