Factory: Derby Porcelain Manufactory
Soft-paste porcelain painted underglaze in blue
Soft-paste porcelain moulded and painted in blue under lead-glaze. Shell-shaped with a wavy rim, and scrolled handle, standing on an oval foot which is concave underneath. The sides are fluted like those of a shell and there is a scallop shell and a pair of entwined dolphins in relief under the upward-tilting lip. The ear-shaped handle has a projecting thumpiece at the top and a C curve at its lower end. The outlines of the shell on the sides, and the shell below the lip are picked out in blue, as are the edges at the top. A trefoil leaf is painted on each side of the handle,. The foot is decorated with a series of striped arches rising from a blue band round the edge. The outside of the handle has a star at the top, and a stylized foliage spray down the back. Inside the lip there is a border of trellis and a formal plant motif, and on the bottom of the interior, a stem with leaves.
History note: Sir Ivor and Lady Batchelor, St Andrew’s, Fife; on loan since 2006
Sir Ivor and Lady Batchelor Bequest
Height: 9.9 cm
Length: 11.4 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (2015-04-27) by Batchelor, Ivor, Sir and Lady
18th Century, third quarter
George II
George III
Production date:
circa
AD 1760
The handle would have been held by putting the index finger through the top loop and resting the thumb on the exterior against the projecting thumbpiece; the second finger rested in the C scroll at the lower end.
Decoration composed of high-temperature colour ( blue from cobalt)
Moulding
: Soft-paste porcelain, moulded, and painted underglaze in blue
Glazing
Inscription present: Rectangular white stick-on label
Accession number: C.129-2015
Primary reference Number: 205099
Entry form number: 648
Old loan number: AAL.129-2006
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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