Current Location: Gallery 26 (Lower Marlay). Case permanently removed 2021.
Titles
Rabbit-shaped tureen or box
Maker(s)
Factory:
Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory
Entities
Categories
Description
Soft-paste porcelain rabbit-shaped box or tureen, moulded and decorated overglaze in brown, pink and black enamels.
Soft-paste porcelain rabbit-shaped box or tureen, moulded and painted in brown, pink and black enamels. In two halves forming a crouching small rabbit (or possibly a leveret).
Notes
History note: Dr and Mrs Hugh Statham; Dr Statham died 1967; Mrs Statham died 1970; their daughter, Miss Beryl Statham by whom lent anonymously in 1988 (Statham Loan 4-1970). Bequeathed by Miss Statham, 1990, accepted by H.M. Government in lieu of Inheritance Tax and allocated to the Fitzwilliam Museum
Legal notes
Bequeathed by Miss Statham, accepted by H.M. Government in lieu of Inheritance Tax and allocated to the Fitzwilliam Museum
Measurements and weight
Height: 7.5 cm
Length: 11.2 cm
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Allocated
(1992-01-20)
by
H.M. Government
Dating
18th Century, Mid
Red anchor period (1752-1756)
George II
Circa
1752
CE
-
1758
CE
Note
This rabbit is probably similar to those mentioned on the second day of the Chelsea factory sale held on, 11 March, 1755, lot 18 '.. four rabbits for desart'. A larger rabbit was sold on the twelfth day, 22nd March, 'No 43 A very fine tureen, in the form of a RABBIT BIG AS LIFE in a fine oval dish.' The Fitzwilliam's EC.11 & A-1945 is an example of the larger model.
School or Style
Rococo
Components of the work
Decoration
composed of
enamels
( brown, pink and black)
Materials used in production
presumed lead
Lead-glaze
Soft-paste porcelain
Techniques used in production
Moulding
: Soft-paste porcelain, moulded and decorated overglaze in brown, pink and black enamels
Glazing (coating)
References and bibliographic entries
Identification numbers
Accession number: C.4 & A-1992
Primary reference Number: 131194
Old loan number: Statham Loan 4-1970
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Saturday 6 August 2011
Updated: Thursday 12 March 2020
Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
