Factory: Bow Porcelain Manufactory
Soft-paste porcelain sweetmeat stand or pickle stand, decorated underglaze in blue. The stand is composed of three shell-shaped dishes, each with a conical foot, arranged triangularly, joined in the centre by a 'sponge' with applied shells, from the middle of which rises a handle in the shape of a dolphin with its tail in the air. Each dish is painted with a seated Chinese figure playing a musical instrument beside a table, with a landscape background and round the edge, four symbols.
History note: Collection of the late Dr Hugh Statham (1895-1967) and Mrs Margaret Statham (d. 1970); lent anonymously in 1970 by their daughter, Miss Beryl Statham (d. 1990) by whom bequeathed
Bequeathed by Miss Statham, accepted by H.M.Government in 1990 in lieu of Inheritance Tax, and allocated to the Fitzwilliam Museum
Diameter: 19.3 cm
Height: 13.3 cm
Method of acquisition: Allocated (1992-01-20) by H.M. Government
18th Century, Mid
George II
Production date:
circa
AD 1755
Decoration composed of cobalt-blue
presumed lead
Lead-glaze
Soft-paste porcelain
Accession number: C.17-1992
Primary reference Number: 131147
Old object number: Statham Loan 10-1970
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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