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Maker(s):Swinton Pottery(possibly); Greatbatch, William (possibly)
Culture:English
Title:plate
Date Made:1770-1780
Type:Food Service
Materials:ceramic: lead-glazed cream-colored earthenware (creamware) with underglaze blue oxide
Place Made:United Kingdom; England; Yorkshire; Swinton Factory or Staffordshire; Fenton
Measurements:overall: 1 x 9 1/2 in.
Accession Number:  HD 81.056
Credit Line:Mr. and Mrs. Hugh B. Vanderbilt Fund for Curatorial Acquisitions
Museum Collection:  Historic Deerfield
1981-55 to 60F.jpg

Description:
One of a set of six creamware plates (HD 81.055-81.060) with a wavy rim with a molded fleur-de-lys border and blue cross-hatching. This style was made both by the Swinton Factory in Swinton, Yorkshire, and has been found on fragments at the William Greatbatch (1735-1813) pottery site at Lower Lane, Fenton, Staffordshire. Greatbatch was a well-known Staffordshire potter, who had also worked for Thomas Whieldon and Josiah Wedgwood as a supplier of molds and ceramic wares. The well has a chinoiserie landscape in blue with a building a scrolled pennant flying from the roof, tall pine tree growing from a large rock, pole with a scrolling ribbon, and flying birds. The set was formerly in the collection of John B. Morris, Jr., given to Deerfield Academy (#733), and then purchased from DA in 1981.

Subjects:
Pottery; glaze (coating by location)

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