Factory: Bow Porcelain Manufactory
Clear-glazed soft-paste porcelain teapot and cover, decorated with applied prunus sprays.
Soft-paste porcelain teapot and cover. containing bone ash, decorated with applied prunus sprays; clear glaze. Pear-shaped body with small upward curving spout, angular loop handle with an upward scroll at its base, flat cover with central hole, and a curved twig handle.
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
Height: 12.7 cm
Length: 13.7 cm
Method of acquisition: Allocated (1992-01-20) by H.M. Government
18th Century, Mid
George II
Circa
1750
-
1755
Decoration
containing bone ash
Soft-paste porcelain
presumed lead
Lead-glazing
Accession number: C.30 & A-1992
Primary reference Number: 131149
Old laon number: Statham Loan 12 & A-1988
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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