15929841710001312637261000Standard Recordobject-11974170292704055817029081360001702926926944fitz-onlineadlib-object-11974https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/1197459b1a74c-3cfe-3dd7-bae3-adb3dc14368a14referenceagent-182420adlib-agent-18242046594bb7-28b9-306a-a3c1-58e66820e2c4Darwin, Robertreferenceagent-182419adlib-agent-1824197e144e2c-aae9-3198-b08e-016aaa6144a0Darwin, Susannahreferenceterm-108657adlib-term-108657c170cd8e-fc63-3446-81a4-6682b5979808lead-glazed earthenwarepale terracottareferenceterm-32638adlib-term-3263897b8d1a5-7b8f-3a2a-a275-7d001aeaae2benamelreferenceterm-39593adlib-term-39593e3e2a3f8-2433-3f63-9bcf-e776644d312dgoldDecorationin pale terracotta and goldreferenceterm-120086adlib-term-120086cdecca31-5ec3-3fe3-9e5d-455d9771fda5painting overglazereferenceterm-120102adlib-term-12010202b9d189-d17a-37b4-ab50-5b6f2bc2fcf1transfer-printing underglazereferenceterm-115adlib-term-11594d65983-dea2-361b-b187-a968c98ab1d8NatureApplied ArtsEarthenware plate printed and painted with 'Brown Water Lily' patternWhite earthenware printed underglaze in brown, painted overglaze in pale terracotta enamel and gilt. Circular with sloping rim, shallow well and flat centre. Decorated in the centre with 'Brown Water Lily' pattern, comprising on the left, Nymphaea stellata, on the right, Nymphaea lotus, and in the middle, Nelumbium speciosum (Nelumbo nucifera). On the rim, a border of overlapping circles and a gold band.29referenceexhibition-2113adlib-exhibition-2113c8fce4d0-140e-384a-8a08-7d49c6b4dfd2Endless Forms, Charles Darwin, Natural Science and the Visual ArtsC.3-19881accession numberC.3-198811974priref11974urihttps://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/11974https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/11974on the baseimpressedWEDGWOOD, 1 and slightly above to right, 1factory markreferenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumGiven by George Pember Darwinreferenceagent-152829adlib-agent-15282908c3fe1e-3e6f-3f87-b00e-d88900bf86b5Darwin, George Pember198819881988-03-14givenon loan since 196318071807CE1807circa1807180811808CE18081808factoryreferenceagent-152747adlib-agent-1527471d15ae53-9c39-3347-b432-d92e8e86a2f4Wedgwood & ByerleyThe Brown Water Lily service was not designed specially for Susannah and Robert Darwin, but became known as the 'Darwin Service' because of theirs, which was ordered in 1807 and it had been received by 29 March 1808 as recorded in a letter from Susannah Darwin to her brother Josiah II (L.2.2.35). It had 150 pieces of which 129 are known, including 57 10 in plates (i.e. 9 7/8 in). There are plates in the British Museum (1887,0307,1.795), and the Victoria & Albert Museum (C.139-1963) and( Wedgwood Collection WE.4043-2014).This pattern was no. 495 in the first Wedgwood Pattern Book, described as 'Brown printed Water Lily, shaded in red and cut up with gold, and gold outside edge'. It was the first printed botanical pattern to be produced at Etruria, following a decision to introduce underglaze printed ware in March 1805. The earliest invoice for engraving the plates was from Semei Bourne for a pickle saucer in 1806, and most of the designs for the prints for the dinner service were engraved by John Robinson in 1807. The water lilies were based on the following illustrations: The Botanists' Repository, vol. VI, October 1803, pl. 330, Nymphaea stellata; The Botanical Magazine, December 1804, pl. 797, Nymphaea lotus; The Botanists' Repository, vol. VI, September 1804, pl. 391, Nymphaea lotus; The Botanical Magazine, February 1806, pl. 903a & b, Nelumbium speciosum. This and a few other botanical patterns, such as Peony (see C.864-1984) appear to have been introduced at Etruria because of John Wedgwood's interested in botany, and after he withdrew from the firm in 1812, they were not continued.referenceterm-106498adlib-term-106498272179a1-524b-3f36-aab7-bf342ce484d619th Century, Early#referenceterm-107437adlib-term-10743796f4b0d1-fc11-39ff-ae91-1b23d888d479George IIIreferenceterm-113623adlib-term-11362387ef9eaf-54a8-3838-8337-94dbf03aad62literalEnglandEnglandcountryliteralStaffordshireStaffordshireregionEtruriareferenceterm-107611adlib-term-107611790e5a19-a186-34d5-a16e-2d8dff9f6247white earthenwarereferenceterm-107733adlib-term-10773300160189-e3ce-3796-a88b-5aa8d6c808c4lead-glazeDiametercm24.8Heightcm2.4referencemedia-200406adlib-media-20040698fe0e47-cb51-3cb2-a15b-1cf40d2afb3djpegaa/aa35/C_3_1988_200807_adn21_dc2.jpg1heightpixels930widthpixels102417029266736791imagejpegaa/aa35/mid_C_3_1988_200807_adn21_dc2.jpg1heightpixels454widthpixels50017029266736791imagejpegaa/aa35/C_3_1988_200807_adn21_dc2.jpg1heightpixels930widthpixels102417029266736791imagejpegaa/aa35/preview_C_3_1988_200807_adn21_dc2.jpg1heightpixels227widthpixels25017029266736791image0media
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imagereferenceterm-34935adlib-term-34935b6750733-fe79-33fc-b39a-c296fcd223b4platehistory noteRobert Waring Darwin, FRS (1766-1848) and his wife, Susannah (née Wedgwood, d. 1817), Shrewsbury; by descent in the Darwin family to George Pember Darwin (1928-2001), by whom lent to the Fitzwilliam in 1963.1same patternreferenceobject-11971adlib-object-11971823c9312-8845-37fd-b3ae-f2da923d4c7a1reference1term-34935adlib-term-34935b6750733-fe79-33fc-b39a-c296fcd223b4plateplatereferenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumPubl. p. 36, fig. 41, and checklist of exhibits, p. 320, no. 29. See p. 36, fig. 40 for an illustration from Curtis's Botanical Magazine; Or, The Flower-Garden Displayed, vol. 23, Feb. 1806, pl. 903: fold-out of Nelumbium speciosum. Sacred Bean of India, etching printed in colours with additional hand colouring, by F. Sansom from a drawing by Sydenham Edwards.320referencepublication-6545adlib-publication-65450050e0fe-9fe4-31ad-85cf-045e56db43efEndless Forms, Charles Darwin, Natural Science and the Visual Artsreferencepublication-1054adlib-publication-1054c1ab34af-0dc3-32a6-ac9c-8a449cefb2afBotanists' Repositoryreferencepublication-1056adlib-publication-10562e4cd950-ba8e-3ca9-998e-29fbf5f12717Botanical MagazineRef. For the pattern see, pp. 69-90, especially pp. 81-2 and 83-90; a plate is illustrated, pl. 11, fig. 3.pp. 69-90referencepublication-200000487adlib-publication-200000487351c14d3-11b5-3279-9f5b-3f1730b3408cThe Darwin Service and the First Printed Floral Patterns at EtruriaCf. A plate from the Darwin service, given to A.W. Franks by Dr Joseph Hooker (1817-1911), Director of Kew Gardens, and a friend of Charles Darwin, is in the British Museum, see, p. 128 and colour pl. 14a. (1887,0307,1.795)p. 128referencepublication-983adlib-publication-9831c545f5a-e608-3ef1-9413-4da3a71abcd8Masterpieces of Wedgwood in the British MuseumCf. A plate of Brown Water Lilly, in the Wedgwood Museum, p. 332, pl. 464, dated to c. 1808.p. 332referencepublication-998adlib-publication-998b78305dd-313b-343d-b005-05a294d9dc50WedgwoodCf. Two plates of the same pattern, c. 1810, p. 280, no. 478 & p.158, colour pl. 146, right.p. 280referencepublication-985adlib-publication-985a173a766-74f2-3d47-ad14-666e514e75e5Good European Ceramics, Glass and EnamelsCf. Three dishes of Brown Water Lilly, p. 456, dated to c. 1820.p. 456referencepublication-989adlib-publication-98982f5fd49-f1cd-3039-8aa9-a46ef3f93b0cWedgwood, The New Illustrated DictionaryRef. Reprint from Old Wedgwood, 1945, pp. 86-936-8referencepublication-200001258adlib-publication-200001258d34ab914-e7d0-3bac-8508-7462ae507bf7Dr Darwin's Lotus Dessert Servicereferenceterm-19072adlib-term-19072154a3e08-d436-3d9b-9487-c6abd89a7eddbotanicalreferenceterm-23809adlib-term-23809a795e265-f702-3163-b5f8-2b980abc404abotanyplantreferenceterm-106861adlib-term-1068616060bc54-868e-3457-9d72-7578ceda59a5water-lilyliteralwater-lilywater-lilyreferenceterm-34935adlib-term-34935b6750733-fe79-33fc-b39a-c296fcd223b4plateplateEarthenware printed underglaze in brown, painted overglaze in pale terracotta enamel and gilt.referenceterm-111179adlib-term-111179be5c887b-c0ed-3d89-82b2-c3a870e72a68mouldingreferenceterm-120062adlib-term-120062d05176fb-17b8-3888-bba1-6c5e6c77d206lead-glazingPlate from the Darwin Serviceobject
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