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Factory: Bow Porcelain Manufactory
Soft-paste porcelain inkwell, painted in enamels in famille rose style, and inscribed 'MADE AT NEW CANTON 1750'
Soft-paste porcelain, painted overglaze in pink, yellow, green, blue, and manganese-purple enamels. The cylindrical inkwell has flat shoulders, pierced with five holes for pens, and a short, cylindrical neck. The top is inscribed around the shoulders in capital letters in manganese ‘MADE AT NEW CANTON 1750’. The sides are painted in famille-rose palette after a Kakiemon original, with bamboo and scrolling prunus branches growing from banded hedge.
History note: Stoner & Evans, London, from whom purchased on 16 June 1938 for £50 by Cecil Vavasseur Fisher, 2nd Lord Fisher of Kilverstone (1868-1955); given jointly with his wife, Jane (née Morgan) (d. 1955)
Given by Lord and Lady Fisher
Diameter: 9 cm
Height: 5.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1951-10-18) by Fisher, Lord and Lady
18th Century, Mid
George II
Production date:
dated
AD 1750
: dated
Decoration
composed of
enamels
( pink,yellow, green, blue, and manganese)
Holes
presumed lead
Lead-glaze
Soft-paste porcelain
Throwing
: Soft-paste porcelain painted overglaze in pink, yellow, green, blue, and manganese enamels
Lead-glazing
Inscription present: circular paper label printed with Lord Fisher's crest in red, and inscribed '12' in black ink
Inscription present: circular paper label printed round the edge with ENGLISH CERAMIC CIRCLE 1948 and inscribed 'No. 126'
Accession number: C.8-1951
Primary reference Number: 118650
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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