Factory: Temple Back Pottery (Probably)
Tin-glazed earthenware plate with powdered manganese ground, and reserves painted in blue with chinoiserie flowers
Buff earthenware, press-moulded, tin-glazed greyish-white, powdered with manganese and painted in blue. Circular with a sloping rim, curved sides and flat centre, recessed on the underside. The front has a powdered manganese ground with a large central lozenge-shaped reserve with scalloped edges in which is a blue Chinese style flowering plant with an insect on the left. The points of the lozenge are ornamented with a reserved carnation (?). On the rim there are four shaped reserves, each enclosing a blue floral spray. There are two spur marks on the reverse.
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
Diameter: 22 cm
Height: 3.2 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (2015-04-27) by Batchelor, Ivor, Sir and Lady
18th Century, third quarter
George III
Circa
1755
CE
-
1760
CE
Decoration composed of high-temperature colour ( manganese-purple and blue from cobalt)
buff
Earthenware
greyish-white
Tin-glaze
Tin-glazing : Buff earthenware, press-moulded, tin-glazed greyish-white, painted in blue and powdered in manganese-purple
Inscription present: rectangular white paper stick-on label
Accession number: C.51-2015
Primary reference Number: 201800
Old object number: 25
Entry form number: 648
Old loan number: AAL.51-2006
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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