Artist: Spode, factory; Date(s): circa 1806 - 1833; Classification(s): lead-glazed earthenware, stand, moulding, white earthenware, moulded, transfer-printed underglaze in blue; Acquisition: given by Weatherhead, H.D., Mrs, 1977-04-21, Given by Mrs H.D. Weathhead in memory of her son, A.J.b. Weatherhead, Clare College, Cambridge [C.8C-1977]
Description: White earthenware transfer-printed underglaze in blue with Greek pattern, White earthenware moulded stand with footrim, indented rim, eight slightly scalloped edges, shallow sides and a flat centre, transfer-printed underglaze in blue. Decorated with an inset, oblong medallion in the centre and decorated with two figures in a sea vessel, one rowing, one standing to disembark, approaching a seated female figure at the shore, bordered by four-petalled flowers between two, scalloped lines and all reserved in a blue ground. The sides and indented rim are decorated with four urns between four, shaped reserves, each depicting classical scenes and the spaces between are decorated with fruit and flowers, reserved in a blue ground.
