IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 131196 accession number: C.7 & A-1992 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Monday 5 October 2020 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Soft-paste porcelain cup and saucer, painted in Kakiemon style in turquoise, blue, yellow, red and black enamel-colours. Cup octagonal with flattened scroll handle; three spur marks on base. Decorated with 'Flaming Tortoise' pattern; red on base. Saucer octagonal standing on a footring; three spur marks on base. Decorated in the middle with a dragon inside two concentric circles, and on the sides with 'Flaming Tortoise' pattern; red line on rim. object type: Soft-paste porcelain cup and saucer, painted in enamels in Kakiemon style with 'Flaming Tortoise' pattern title: cup NOTES ----- type: history note value: 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 1 & A-1988). Bequeathed by Miss Statham, 1990, accepted by H.M. Government in lieu of Inheritance Tax and allocated to the Fitzwilliam Museum LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts creditline: Bequeathed by Miss Statham, accepted by H.M. Government in lieu of Inheritance Tax and allocated to the Fitzwilliam Museum STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/131196 SUBJECTS ------------------- dragon dragon TECHNIQUES ---------- soft-paste porcelain, moulded and decorated in turquoise, blue, yellow, red and black enamels glazing (coating) CATEGORIES ------ category: soft-paste porcelain DATING ------ creation date: 1753 - 1755 creation date earliest: 1753 creation date latest: 1755 culture: 18th Century, Mid culture: George II culture: Red anchor period (1752-1756) CREATORS -------- maker: Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory