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Factory:
Wedgwood, Josiah
Printer:
Sadler & Green
Cream-coloured earthenware (Queen's ware), moulded with feather edge, and printed onglaze in lilac enamel. Circular with wavy edge, narrow sloping rim, shallow curved sides, and flat centre. Decorated in the centre with a vignette showing a man fishing beside a lake, flanked by buildings and trees, and on the rim with six floral sprays.
History note: Messrs A.F. Allbrook, London, from whom purchased in June 1974 by Sir Ivor Batchelor; Sir Ivor and Lady Batchelor
Given by Sir Ivor and Lady Batchelor
Diameter: 19.4 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1995-01-23) by Batchelor, Ivor, Sir and Lady
18th Century, third quarter#
George III
Circa
1765
CE
-
1775
CE
Wedgwood began to send glazed creamware to be printed by Sadler & Green in Liverpool in 1761, and after Sadler retired in 1770, he continued to send ti to Green until 1790. The printing was executed in black, red, or lilac. Plates were usually decorated with a central vignette, such as the landscape or genre scene, surrounded by a border of floral sprays.
Decoration
Lead-glaze
Cream-coloured earthenware
Moulding
: Cream-coloured earthenware (Queen's ware), moulded with featheredge, and printed onglaze in lilac
Lead-glazing
Accession number: C.2-1995
Primary reference Number: 11843
Old object number: 24
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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