IDENTIFIERS
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id:	201371
accession number:	C.17-2015

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Tuesday 26 May 2015
updated:	Tuesday 16 August 2016

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: 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.
object type: earthenware decorated with underglaze oxides; tortoiseshell ware
title:	octagonal plate

NOTES
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type: history note
value: Sir Ivor and Lady Batchelor, St Andrew's, Fife; on loan since 2006


LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Applied Arts
collection:	Batchelor Collection
creditline: Sir Ivor and Lady Batchelor Bequest

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/201371

PEOPLE
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Batchelor, Ivor Ralph Campbell Sir
Batchelor, Honor




TECHNIQUES
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dark cream earthenware, press-moulded, and decorated with greyish-blue, green, yellow and dark grey metallic oxide colours under lead-glaze
press-moulding
TECHNIQUES
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lead-glazing

CATEGORIES
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category: lead-glazed earthenware
category: tortoiseshell ware

DATING
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creation date:	1750 - 1770
creation date earliest:	1750
creation date latest:	1770
culture:	18th Century, third quarter
culture:	George II
culture:	George III

CREATORS
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maker: Unidentified Staffordshire Pottery

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Diameter
units: cm
value: 23.3

dimension: Height
units: cm
value: 1.8