Current Location: In storage
Maker(s)
Pottery:
Unidentified Bristol pottery
(Probably)
Pottery:
Unidentified Liverpool pottery
(Possibly)
Entities
Categories
Description
Tin-glazed earthenware plate painted in blue with a bird perching on a gate
Buff earthenware, press-moulded, tin-glazed bluish-white and painted in blue. The plate is circular with a wide sloping rim, and curved sides, standing on a footrim. (Archer's Shape )The well and part of the rim is painted with a long-tailed bird perching on a four-bar gate with on each side of it blades of grass and a stylized flower on a long stalk. A schematic insect is flying overhead. Three very small peg marks on the reverse of the rim.
Notes
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)
Legal notes
Sir Ivor and Lady Batchelor Bequest through The Art Fund
Measurements and weight
Diameter: 22.4 cm
Height: 2.9 cm
Place(s) associated
-
Bristol
⪼ England
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Liverpool
⪼ Lancashire
⪼ England
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed
(2015-04-27)
by
Batchelor, Ivor, Sir and Lady
Dating
18th Century, Mid
George II
1740
CE
-
1750
CE
People, subjects and objects depicted
Components of the work
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colour
( blue from cobalt)
Materials used in production
bluish-white
Tin-glaze
buff
Earthenware
Techniques used in production
Press-moulding
: Buff earthenware, press-moulded, tin-glazed bluish-white and painted in blue
Tin-glazing
References and bibliographic entries
Identification numbers
Accession number: C.68-2015
Primary reference Number: 204563
Old object number: 82
Entry form number: 648
Old loan number: AAL.68-2006
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Tuesday 7 July 2015
Updated: Tuesday 15 May 2018
Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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