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Factory: Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory
Soft-paste porcelain moulded, glazed and decorated with flowers, fruits and insects in polychrome onglaze enamels.
Soft-paste porcelain moulded, and with applied decoration, painted in red, yellow, green, and blue enamels. The fluted jug is of baluster shape, and stands on a flared foot applied with a wreath of wild strawberries and leaves. The ribbed S-shaped handle has a moulded acanthus leaf terminal at top and bottom. The body is applied with garlands of naturalistically coloured flowers, and is painted with scattered sprays and sprigs, and a butterfly. The rim is banded in brown.
History note: Dr Bellamy Gardner; sold Sotheby's, 12 June 1941, Catalogue of the Celebrated Collection of Chelsea Porcelain, English Ceramics, and Enamels. The Property of Dr and Mrs Bellamy Gardner., lot 23.
Given by the National Art Collections Fund as Trustee of the R.S. Cochrane Fund
Height: 14 cm
Length: 10.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1941-06-12) by National Art Collections Fund
18th Century, Mid
George II
Triangle Period
Circa
1745
-
Circa
1749
Decoration composed of enamels ( blue, green, yellow, and red)
presumed lead
Lead-glaze
Soft-paste porcelain
Moulding
: Soft-paste porcelain, moulded, glazed and decorated with flowers, fruits and insects in polychrome onglaze enamels
Glazing (coating)
Accession number: EC.18-1941
Primary reference Number: 118345
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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