partridge tureen and cover
Factory: Bow Porcelain Manufactory
Soft-paste porcelain partridge tureen and cover, painted naturalistically in polychrome enamels.
Soft-paste porcelain partridge tureen and cover, containing bone ash, moulded in two parts, glazed, and painted in shades of brown, green, yellow, blue and red enamel-colours. The bird sits on sheaves of corn, grass, and two applied flowers and leaves. Its head and the top of its back form the cover, which has an internal flange.
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: 9.6 cm
Length: 8.4 cm
Method of acquisition: Allocated (1992-01-20) by H.M. Government
18th Century, Mid
George II
Circa
1755
-
1760
Decoration composed of enamels ( brown, green, yellow, blue and red)
containing bone ash
Soft-paste porcelain
presumed lead
Lead-glaze
Moulding
: Glazed soft-paste porcelain, moulded and decorated with birds and flowers in plychrome enamels.
Glazing (coating)
Accession number: C.31 & A-1992
Primary reference Number: 131150
Old loan number: Statham Loan 13 & A-1988
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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