Badge, Anthony Hatch and Stephen Pilcherd, London, 1685-1688
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1685-1688
Badge or ornament of cast brass, blue matt enamel, the fields for the enamels cast in the mould, in the form of a crowned JR monogram. Fixing spikes at the back point upwards. There are also two fixing holes at the base of the crown.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Historical context
Probably made in the London workshop of Anthony Hatch (active from 1632, died, probably in London, 1689) or Stephen Pilchard. The upwards pointing spikes on the back for fixing has led to conjecture about the badge's purpose. It may have been an ornement to decorate the roof of a royal coach or it might have been attached to horse furniture. This is the only known example.
Beard ascribed their manufacture to a factory in Esher, Surrey, but documentary evidence makes a storng case for their reattribution to the London workshops of Anthony Hatch and Stephen Pilchard, (see Blair cit. below).
Few examples of these enamelled wares survive and along with the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the V&A has the largest holding in the world at around a dozen examples.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- Brass, cast and enamelled
- Dimensions
- Height: 8.2 cm
Technical characteristics
- Maker recorded
- Hatch, Anthony; Pilcherd, Stephen
- Place recorded
- London
Design
- Marks and inscriptions
- Crowned JR monogram for James II (1685-88)
Identification
- Source note
- Transcribed from the Victoria and Albert Museum, London collection record for this single object (sentences kept verbatim apart from removed sale or rarity wording); how far it represents a wider collectible type has not been independently verified.
- Candidate id
- vam-O148240
- Museum object name
- Badge
- Holding institution
- Victoria and Albert Museum, London
- Museum object number
- 4919-1901
- Museum system number
- O148240
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
- Research required: confirm the wider type, maker and dating against a specialist reference; this entry documents one recorded example.