Factory:
Unidentified Staffordshire factory
(Probably)
Factory:
Unidentified Yorkshire factory
(Possibly)
White stoneware, press-moulded in the form of a cockle or scallop shell and salt-glazed
History note: Sir Ivor and Lady Batchelor, St Andrew’s, Fife; Sir Ivor died on 24 April 2005; on loan since 2006
Sir Ivor and Lady Batchelor Bequest
Height: 2.1 cm
Length: 8 cm
Width: 7.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (2015-04-27) by Batchelor, Ivor, Sir and Lady
18th Century, third quarter
George II
Circa
1750
CE
-
1770
CE
This dish may have been used for butter, as silver scallop-shell dishes were, or could have been used for a small amount of pickle, or a sweetmeat.
Surface composed of salt-glaze
white Stoneware
Press-moulding
: White stoneware, press-moulded, and salt-glazed
Salt-glazing
Inscription present: rectangular white paper stick-on label
Accession number: C.118-2015
Primary reference Number: 205107
Old object number: 156
Entry form number: 648
Old loan number: AAL.118-2006
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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