IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 72910 accession number: C.196-1928 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Wednesday 13 November 2024 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Buff earthenware, press-moulded over a hump mould to produce a design with milled edges in relief on the interior, coated with cream slip, and slip trailed in brown and dark brown, under yellowish lead glaze; the exterior is undecorated. Circular with deep curved sides and a pie crust edge produced by impressing a shell or tool. The interior is decorated with a circular medallion bordered by two concentric dark brown circles and alternate brown triangular and dark brown wavy rays extending to the outer edge. The medallion encloses a three-quarter length figure of George II wearing a crown and coronation robes, and holding a sceptre. The royal cipher 'G R' (Georgius Rex) is divided on either side of his head, with '2' below the' R'. object type: deep press-moulded earthenware dish decorated in cream and two shades of brown slip under lead-glaze. In the middle, a circular medallion surrounded by alternately triangular and wavy rays, encloses a three-quarter length portrait of George II, wearing coronation robes, and holding a sceptre. The cypher G R is divided on either side of his head and the figure 2 is below the R. title: dish NOTES ----- type: history note value: An unidentified Welsh owner; the Rev. J. Allen Jones of Llanyblodwell Vicarage, Oswestry; brought by him to King's Cross Station, London, on 5 February 1925, where it was purchased from him for £50 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge. LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts collection: J. W. L. Glaisher creditline: Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/72910 PEOPLE ------------------- George II (1727-60) SUBJECTS ------------------- monarchy royal cipher royal cipher TECHNIQUES ---------- buff earthenware, press-moulded over a hump mould to produce a design with milled edges in relief on the interior, coated with cream slip, and slip trailed in brown and dark brown, under yellowish lead glaze; the exterior is undecorated. The edge was scalloped with an oval tool or shell to produce a pie crust effect. press-moulding CATEGORIES ------ category: lead-glazed earthenware category: slipware DATING ------ creation date: 1727 - 1750 creation date earliest: 1727 creation date latest: 1750 culture: 18th Century, Mid CREATORS -------- maker: Unidentified Staffordshire Potter DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Height units: cm value: 6.3 CITATIONS -------- Catalogue of the Glaisher Collection of Pottery and Porcelain in the Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge Slipware in the Collection of the Potteries Museum and Art Gallery The Frank P. and Harriet C. 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