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) Link to share this object record: https://museums.fivecolleges.edu/detail.php?t=objects&type=ext&id_number=HD+81.057 |