Pottery: Unidentified Bristol pottery (Probably)
Tin-glazed earthenware dish painted in polychrome with plants and trellis pattern
Buff earthenware, tin-glazed greyish-white, and painted in blue, yellowish-green, yellow and red. Circular with a sloping rim, and deep curved sides, standing on a footring. Archer's shape D. The front is decorated with a central medallion surrounded by five rounded wedge-shaped reserves and five small oval reserves outlined in blue, each containing a plant with rhomboidal leaves and a three-petalled flower painted in all the colours. The ground is painted with green and red trellis pattern. The glaze on the reverse has a number of pinholes. It is painted with a 3 in the centre, and on the sides, alternating O and III, all in blue.
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: 29.2 cm
Height: 3.7 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (2015-04-27) by Batchelor, Ivor, Sir and Lady
1720s
George I
George II
Circa
1720
CE
-
1730
CE
Delftware painted with plants with leaves formed by rhomboidal brushstrokes has been found in London and Bristol. The O and III on the reverse are often found on delfware attributed to Bristol.
Decoration composed of high-temperature colour ( blue, yellowish-green, yellow, and red)
buff
Earthenware
greyish-white
Tin-glaze
Press-moulding
: Buff earthenware, tin-glazed greyish-white and painted in blue, yellowish-green, yellow, and red high-temperature colours
Tin-glazing
Inscription present: rectangular white paper stick-on label
Accession number: C.78-2015
Primary reference Number: 204574
Old object number: 108
Entry form number: 648
Old loan number: AAL.78-2015
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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