Tin-glazed earthenware plate painted in polychrome with a central floret, and borders
Buff earthenware, tin-glazed greyish-white, and painted in blue, olive-green, dull red, and manganese-purple. Circular with a narrow rim, deep sloping sides, and flat base. In the middle there is a red and manganese-purple flower with six green leaves around it, enclosed by a pair of pale manganese concentric circles with a dark manganese ribbon entwined around it (actually a series of Ss). The rim is encircled by a manganese-purple line running through adjacent blue oval rings. There are three peg 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: 23.1 cm
Height: 3 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (2015-04-27) by Batchelor, Ivor, Sir and Lady
18th Century, second quarter#
George I
George II
Production date:
circa
AD 1770
Decoration composed of high-temperature colour ( blue, green, dull red, and manganese-purple)
buff
Earthenware
greyish-white
Tin-glaze
Press-moulding
: Buff earthenware, tin-glazed greyish-white, and painted in blue, green, dull red, and manganese-purple high-temperature (metallic oxide) colours
Tin-glazing
Inscription present: rectangular white paper stick-on label
Accession number: C.88-2015
Primary reference Number: 201998
Old object number: 126
Entry form number: 648
Old loan number: AAL.88-2006
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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