Object Number 2015.0036

Object Name

Bowl

Category

Ceramics

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James H. Duff in memory of Dr. Margaret I. Handy

Creator (Role)

William Greatbatch (Possible maker)
1735-1813
References: David Barker, William Greatbatch: A Staffordshire Potter (London: Jonathan Horne, 1991.

Place of Origin

Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

1775-1790

Materials

Earthenware (dipped ware); Lead glaze

Techniques

Thrown, Marbled, Painted, Slip decorated

Dimensions (inches)

3.3 (H) , 7 (Diam)

Dimensions (centimeters)

8.4 (H) , 17.8 (Diam)

Object Description

Web - 12/08/2015

The original use of this bowl is difficult to pin down. It perhaps was employed as a small-sized punch bowl, a slop bowl accompanying tea wares, as an addition to settings on a dinner table, or perhaps all of the above. The object would have been suitable for use in the better rooms of a middling income home or tavern or in the less important rooms in a wealthier household.

The inclusion of underglaze blue painted ornament on dipped ware of this period is fairly unusual and also is a feature of certain wares made by Staffordshire potter William Greatbatch.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Barker, David. 1991 William Greatbatch: a Staffordshire Potter.
• Underglaze blue chinoiserie decoration on Greatbatch marbled wares: p. 202, showing marbled wares on pp. 202-203.