Factory: Tournai Porcelain Factory
Soft-paste porcelain painted underglaze in blue with a flowering plant,an insect and floral sprays, with remnants of a gilded border
Soft-paste porcelain painted underglaze in blue, and with traces of gilding. Circular with alternately arched and scalloped rim, and shallow well. Decorated in the middle with a flowering plant with an insect flying above it. On the rim are four flowering sprays, and a narrow border of a zig-zag line forming triangles each filled by a semi-circle surrounded by short strokes, over which are the remnants of a gilded border.
History note: Unknown before donor
Given by Ralph Griffin, MA
Diameter: 24.5 cm
Height: 2.6 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1918-08-28) by Griffin, Ralph
18th Century, third quarter#
Circa
1760
CE
-
1762
CE
This style of decoration is described as 'à la mouche'
Decoration composed of cobalt-blue gold
Lead-glaze
Soft-paste porcelain
Moulding
: Soft-paste porcelain, moulded, and painted underglaze in blue
Lead-glazing
Accession number: C.204-1918
Primary reference Number: 131018
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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