Current Location: In storage
Maker(s)
Pottery:
Unidentified Staffordshire Pottery
Entities
Categories
Description
Earthenware decorated with underglaze oxides; tortoiseshell ware
Dark cream earthenware, press-moulded, and decorated with blue, green, yellow and greyish-black oxide colours under lead-glaze. The plate is octagonal with a milled edge, almost flat rim, slightly sloping sides and flat centre. The front is mottled in grey oxide colour and has four areas on the rim and five in the centre dabbed with blue, green, and yellow which have run into each other to produce a 'tortoiseshell' effect. The back is dabbed or sponged with grey overall.
Notes
History note: Sir Ivor and Lady Batchelor, St Andrew's, Fife; on loan since 2006
Legal notes
Sir Ivor and Lady Batchelor Bequest
Measurements and weight
Diameter: 23.3 cm
Height: 1.8 cm
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed
Dating
18th Century, third quarter
George II
George III
Circa
1750
CE
-
1770
CE
Note
This plate reproduces a form found in silver and pewter
People, subjects and objects depicted
Components of the work
Decoration
composed of
oxide colours
( greyish-blue, green, yellow, and dark grey)
Materials used in production
dark cream
Earthenware
Lead-glaze
Techniques used in production
Press-moulding
: Dark cream earthenware, press-moulded, and decorated with greyish-blue, green, yellow and dark grey metallic oxide colours under lead-glaze
Lead-glazing
Identification numbers
Accession number: C.17-2015
Primary reference Number: 201371
Old object number: 64
Entry form number: 648
Old loan number: AAL.17-2006
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Tuesday 26 May 2015
Updated: Tuesday 16 August 2016
Last processed: Wednesday 13 December 2023
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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