IDENTIFIERS
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id:	131150
accession number:	C.31 & A-1992

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Tuesday 13 October 2020

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: 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.
object type: Soft-paste porcelain partridge tureen and cover, painted naturalistically in polychrome enamels.
title:	partridge tureen

NOTES
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type: history note
value: 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


LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Applied Arts
creditline: Bequeathed by Miss Statham, accepted by H.M. Government in 1990 in lieu of Inheritance Tax and allocated to the Fitzwilliam Museum

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/131150


SUBJECTS
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bird
corn
grass
flowers
leaves
bird
corn
grass
flowers
leaves



TECHNIQUES
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Glazed soft-paste porcelain, moulded and decorated with birds and flowers in plychrome enamels.
moulding
TECHNIQUES
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glazing (coating)

CATEGORIES
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category: soft-paste porcelain

DATING
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creation date:	1755 - 1760
creation date earliest:	1755
creation date latest:	1760
culture:	18th Century, Mid
culture:	George II

CREATORS
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maker: Bow Porcelain Manufactory

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Height
units: cm
value: 9.6

dimension: Length
units: cm
value: 8.4



CITATIONS
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European Ceramics at Burghley House
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