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Plate: C.8-1915

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Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Factory: Wedgwood

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Description

White earthenware (pearlware), transfer-printed underglaze in blue. Circular with narrow sloping border, shallow sides and very slightly convex centre. Decorated overall with 'Blue Bamboo' (or 'New Chinese pattern with Urn'). A vase decorated with a seated figure playing a stringed musical instrument is standing on a low table flanked by bamboo and flowering plants. The sides are decorated with a trellis band, and the rim with a floral border.

Notes

History note: Collection of Swann Hurrell, 30 Thompson’s Lane, Cambridge and from 1891, St Leonard’s (d. 1897); his niece, Miss Emily Beales, ‘Hurrell’, St Leonard’s on Sea

Legal notes

Given by Miss Emily Beales

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 20.5 cm
Width: 20.2 cm

Place(s) associated

  • Etruria ⪼ Staffordshire ⪼ England

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1915-06-26) by Beales, Emily, Miss

Dating

George III
Circa 1805 - 1815

Note

Wedgwood & Byerley or Josiah Wedgwood II

People, subjects and objects depicted

Components of the work

Decoration composed of cobalt-blue

Materials used in production

White earthenware
Lead-glaze

Techniques used in production

Moulding : White earthenware (pearlware), transfer-printed underglaze in blue.

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: WEDGWOOD/N
  • Location: On the base
  • Method of creation: Impressed
  • Type: Factory mark
  • Text: RR
  • Location: On the base
  • Method of creation: Impressed
  • Type: Mark

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.8-1915
Primary reference Number: 11925
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 15 December 2023 Last processed: Friday 15 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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