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Cup: C.113-2015

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Factory: Unidentified Staffordshire factory

Entities

Categories

Description

Off-white stoneware, slip-cast with integral relief decoration, and salt-glazed. The cup is of a deep, narrow bell-shape standing on a footring and has an applied reeded loop handle with a folded kick at the lower end. The lower part of the exterior is gadrooned. The upper part has three long vertical arrangements of S scrolls and and foliage in relief alternating with two smaller scroll motifs. Above, next to the rim, is a border of horizontal S scrolls

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

Measurements and weight

Height: 7.1 cm
Width: 8.8 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (2015-04-27) by Batchelor, Ivor, Sir and Lady

Dating

18th Century, Mid
George II
Circa 1745 - 1755

Note

This cup form may have been used for chocolate rather than tw

School or Style

Baroque

People, subjects and objects depicted

Components of the work

Surface composed of salt-glaze
Rim Diameter 6.8 cm

Materials used in production

off-white Stoneware

Techniques used in production

Moulding : Off-white stoneware, slip-cast with integral relief decoration and salt-glazed

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: rectangular white paper stick-on label

  • Text: 100/B
  • Location: On base
  • Method of creation: Hand-written in black ink
  • Type: Label

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.113-2015
Primary reference Number: 206788
Old object number: 100B
Entry form number: 648
Old loan number: AAL.100A-2006
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Audit data

Created: Tuesday 15 September 2015 Updated: Thursday 24 September 2015 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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