Dish
ca. 1790 (made)
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Dish of ‘Pearlware’ lead-glazed earthenware painted in high temperature underglaze colours (‘Pratt-ware’). Oval in shape with a wavy edge interrupted at each end by handles in the form of stems in open relief, from which hang vine-leaves and a cluster of grapes moulded in low relief on the surface. The sides are decorated with applied reliefs of a shepherd and shepherdess gathering grapes (repeated twice), a cupid in an orange-tree (twice), the moon and seven stars, the sun and a flying bird, scattered sheep, some with lambs, and two shepherd's crooks. The leaves are painted dull green, and the other details are in orange and blue.
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Materials and techniques | Lead-glazed earthenware painted in high temperature underglaze colours ('Pratt-ware') and with moulded decoration |
Brief description | Dish of ‘Pearlware’ lead-glazed earthenware painted in high temperature underglaze colours (‘Pratt-ware’), Staffordshire, ca. 1790. |
Physical description | Dish of ‘Pearlware’ lead-glazed earthenware painted in high temperature underglaze colours (‘Pratt-ware’). Oval in shape with a wavy edge interrupted at each end by handles in the form of stems in open relief, from which hang vine-leaves and a cluster of grapes moulded in low relief on the surface. The sides are decorated with applied reliefs of a shepherd and shepherdess gathering grapes (repeated twice), a cupid in an orange-tree (twice), the moon and seven stars, the sun and a flying bird, scattered sheep, some with lambs, and two shepherd's crooks. The leaves are painted dull green, and the other details are in orange and blue. |
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Credit line | Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber |
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Bibliographic reference | Lewis, John & Griselda. Pratt Ware. Suffolk : Antique Collectors Club, 1984, 187 p. |
Other number | Sch. II 303 - Schreiber number |
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Accession number | 414:1076-1885 |
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Record created | April 16, 2009 |
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