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Slop basin: C.73-1997

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Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Production: Sewell, Joseph (Uncertain)
Production: Sewell & Donkin (Uncertain)

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Description

Yellow-glazed earthenware slop basin, bat-printed onglaze in red on both sides with a vignette of a couple taking tea out-of-doors. Red enamel bands round rim and foot.

Slop basin from a tea set. Yellow-glazed earthenware bat-printed and painted in brownish-red enamel. Circular with deep curved sides, standing on a low foot. Decorated on opposing sides with the same print of a couple taking tea out-of-doors. They sit on a settee with a circular tea table in front of them, accompanied by a small dog who sits expectantly on the right. Behind them is a tree, and on the right part of a balustrade and some plants. On the left, a servant stands pouring water from a kettle into a teapot. There is a broad brownish-red band round the foot and rim, and a narrow band on the interior about a third of the way down.

Legal notes

Given by G.H.W. Rylands in memory of his mother, Betha Wolferstan Rylands.

Measurements and weight

Height: 8.7 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1997) by Rylands, G.H.W.

Dating

19th Century, Early
Circa 1815 CE - 1825 CE

Note

Joseph Sewell or Sewell & Donkin, St Anthony's Pottery

People, subjects and objects depicted

Components of the work

Rim Diameter 17.5 cm
Decoration

Materials used in production

Lead-glaze
Earthenware

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: St. Anthony's/Pottery, Newcastle/c. 1815 Slop bowl/cracked./19.11NSMP £165
  • Location: No longer present
  • Method of creation: Inscribed in black biro
  • Type: Label

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.73-1997
Primary reference Number: 75946

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 25 March 2024

Associated departments & institutions

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

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