Pottery: Unidentified Staffordshire Pottery
Earthenware decorated with oxide colours under lead-glaze; tortoiseshell ware
Dark cream earthenware with applied moulded spout, applied handle, applied moulded reliefs, touched with greyish-blue, green and yellow oxide colours, and speckled overall with manganese-brown under lead-glaze. The globular pot has a crabstock spout and a twisted ‘rope’ handle, and stands on a slight footrim. The slightly domed circular cover has a ventilation holeand a flat flower-shaped knob. Both sides of the pot are decorated with the same four different applied reliefs composed of strapwork, scrolls, foliage and flowers, and there are three different smaller reliefs on the cover.
History note: Sir Ivor and Lady Batchelor, St Andrew's, Fife; Sir Ivor Batchelor died on 24 April 2005; on loan since 2006
Sir Ivor and Lady Batchelor Bequest
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (2015-04-27) by Batchelor, Ivor, Sir and Lady
18th Century, third quarter
George II
George III
Circa
1750
-
1765
Decoration
composed of
oxides
( greyish-blue, green, yellow, manganese-brown)
Decoratiomn
Spout
dark cream
Earthenware
Lead-glazing
Accession number: C.14 & A-2015
Primary reference Number: 201365
Old object number: 33
Entry form number: 648
Old loan number: AAL.14 & A-2006
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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