Description:
One of a set of six creamware plates decorated in blue oxide. This style was made both by the Swinton Factory in Swinton, Yorkshire, and William Greatbatch (1735-1813), 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 rim has a molded fleur-de-lys border with blue cross-hatching; this design has been found on fragments at the Greatbatch pottery site and are also similar to Swinton Factory patterns. 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. This piece 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:
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