Pottery:
Unidentified Bristol pottery
(Probably)
Unidentified Liverpool pottery
(Possibly)
Tin-glazed earthenware plate painted and sponged in blue
Buff earthenware, press-moulded, tin-glazed bluish-white, and painted and sponged in dull greyish- blue. Circular with a sloping rim, shallow curved sides and flat centre, standing on a footrim. The front is decorated with a lady and gentleman standing between two tall trees in a landscape with a fence behind them, a house, and further trees and bushes. The gentleman holds out his tricorn hat in his left hand and the lady points with her right to something out of sight. Overhead there are three schematic birds. There are two peg marks on the back of the rim.
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: 22.5 cm
Height: 3 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (2015-04-27) by Batchelor, Ivor, Sir and Lady
18th Century, third quarter
George II
Circa
1750
CE
-
1765
CE
Decoration composed of black ( blue from cobalt)
bluish-white
Tin-glaze
buff
Earthenware
Press-moulding
: Buff earthenware, press-moulded, tin-glazed, and painted and sponged in blue
Tin-glazing
Inscription present: rectangular white paper stick-on label
Accession number: C.92-2015
Primary reference Number: 201990
Old object number: 136
Entry form number: 648
Old loan number: AAL.92-2006
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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