Current Location: Gallery 26 (Lower Marlay)
Titles
Cup and saucer
Maker(s)
Factory:
Tournai Porcelain Factory
Entities
Categories
Description
Soft-paste porcelain painted in enamels with exotic birds
Soft-paste porcelain, moulded, and painted overglaze in blue, green, yellow, dark puce, purple, orange-brown, brown, and black enamels. The cup has deep sides which curve upwards and outwards from the foot, and then rise almost vertically to the rim. The handle is harp-shaped with a slight kick at the bottom. The saucer is circular with curved sides. The cup is decorated on one side with a flying bird, and on the other with a group of birds, two standing and one perched in a tree. The handle is outlined in dark puce. The saucer is decorated internally with a peacock amid foliage, and with two other birds, one in a tree, and the other flhing. The rims of both pieces are outlined in dark puce.
Notes
History note: Unknown before donor, Mrs W.D. (Frances Louisa) Dickson
Legal notes
Given by Mrs W.D. Dickson
Components of the work
Decoration
composed of
enamels
( blue, green, yellow, rose-pink, orange-brown, brown, and black)
Saucer
Diameter 14 cm
Height 2.2 cm
Cup Rim
Diameter 7.3 cm
Cup
Height 7.5 cm
Cup Handle To Rim
Width 9.8 cm
Both Parts
Handle
Materials used in production
presumed lead-glaze
Lead-glaze
Soft-paste porcelain
Inscription or legends present
Inscription present: first letter is difficult to see
- Text: g 2, y 2 or script J 2
- Location: On base of saucer
- Method of creation: Incised underglaze
- Type: Mark
References and bibliographic entries
Identification numbers
Accession number: C.75 & A-1950
Primary reference Number: 131020
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Saturday 6 August 2011
Updated: Tuesday 12 January 2021
Last processed: Thursday 7 December 2023
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
