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Potter: uncertain
Earthenware dish slip trailed with a king and attendant, surrounded by a trellis border on the rim, interrupted by the name ‘GEORGE TAYLOR’
Dark pinkish-buff earthenware, thrown, coated with cream slip on the front, slip-trailed in dark ochre and dark brown, and 'jewelled' in white slip, under yellowish lead glaze; the reverse is undecorated and appears red. The dish is circular with a wide, slightly convex sloping rim, deep curved sides and flat centre. The well is decorated with full-length figures of a king wearing a crown and on the viewer's left of him, an attendant who has his left arm raised as if to indicate or touch the crown.. There are two flowers on either side of the king's head, and a wavy-edged leaf in the space to the right of the king and to the left of the attendant. The ground below their feet is indicated by a spotted wavy line above a shallow curved band. The rim is decorated with a continuous trellis border, interrupted at the bottom by a panel slip-trailed in dark brown with the name 'GEORGE:TAYLOR'.
History note: Marc Louis Solon; J.W. Ford, J.P, Enfield Old Park; Sotheby's, 22 May, 1908, lot 43; sold for £53 to Mr George Stoner from whom purchased for that figure on 25 May by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge.
Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest
Diameter: 44.8 cm
Height: 7.2 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
17th Century, Late
Circa
1670
-
1690
The scene may represent the coronation of Charles II in 1661, although the dish seems unlikely to have been made as early as that. Ronald Cooper (see documentation) considered that the second figure was ArchbishopWilliam Juxon who crowned him. If it was made as late as 1685, it might represent Henry Sidney steadying the crown when it nearly fell off James II’s head during his coronation. On many slipware dishes the name on the rim, was the name of a potter, but as this is the only dish recorded with the name George Taylor, it is not certain that he was the potter. The name William Talor (without a y) occurs on several dishes.
Decoration
composed of
slip
( cream, dark ochre, and dark brown)
Front Surface
composed of
lead-glaze
( yellowish)
Throwing (pottery technique) : Dark pinkish-buff earthenware, thrown, coated with cream slip on the front, slip-trailed in dark ochre and dark brown, and 'jewelled' in white slip, under yellowish lead glaze; the reverse is undecorated and appears red
Inscription present: rectangular buff-coloured stick on label
Inscription present: rectangular white paper stick on label with a blue trefoil motif in each corner
Accession number: C.217-1928
Primary reference Number: 73172
Old object number: 2858
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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