Creamware with pierced border, painted in green and black enamel with floral sprays
Dark cream moulded earthenware, with pierced motifs, lead-glazed, and painted in green and black enamel. The oval dish has a scalloped and reeded edge, a narrow rim, curved sides with tapering fluting, and stands on an oval footring. Alternate flutes on the rim are pierced by three small leaf shapes around a circle. The centre is painted with an arrangement of two crossing stems of stylized leaves and flowers, and there are six vertical floral sprays on the sides.
History note: Sir Ivor and Lady Batchelor, St Andrew’s, Fife; Sir Ivor died on 24 April 2005; on loan since 2006 (Syndicate of 30 January)
Sir Ivor and Lady Batchelor Bequest through The Art Fund
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (2015-04-27) by Batchelor, Ivor, Sir and Lady
18th Century, Late
George III
Production date:
circa
AD 1770
Inscription present: rectangular white paper stick-on label with a hand-drawn black line border
Inscription present: rectangular white paper stick-on label
Accession number: C.38-2015
Primary reference Number: 201659
Old object number: 143
Entry form number: 648
Old loan number: AAL.38-2006
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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