Factory: Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory
Soft-paste porcelain botanical plate, painted in polychrome enamels with plants and insects
Soft-paste porcelain, moulded, glazed, and painted in green, yellow, dark pink, greyish-purple, red, dark reddish-brown, and black enamels. Circular with a slightly up-turned, shaped edge, sloping rim and deep well, standing on a footring; three spur marks on base. The front is decorated with a dark pink convolvulus or Indian bindweed plant, curved to occupy the whole area, accompanied by a butterfly and three other insects, painted with shadowed outlines. A maroon line encircles the edge of rim.
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 2-1988). Bequeathed by Miss Statham, 1990, accepted by H.M. Government in lieu of Inheritance Tax and allocated to the Fitzwilliam Museum
Bequeathed by Miss Statham, accepted by H.M. Government in lieu of Inheritance Tax and allocated to the Fitzwilliam Museum
Diameter: 23.3 cm
Height: 3.9 cm
Method of acquisition: Allocated (1992-01-20) by H.M. Government
18th Century, Mid
George II
Red anchor period (1752-1756)
Circa
1755
CE
-
1756
CE
The design was probably derived from Georg Dionysius Ehret, 'Plantae et Papiliones Rariores', 1748-62, pl. VII, with the inscription Convolvulus Indicus, flore amplo roseo. Miller Dict, and the detail, of the flower pl. VIII. The last two words of the inscription refer to Phillip Miller's 'The Gardeners Dictionary', (editions in 1731, 1739, 1754, and 1768), where in vol. I, Miller described the various types of convolvulus.
Decoration composed of enamels ( green, yellow, dark pink, greyish-purple, red, maroon and black)
presumed lead, possibly with tin-oxide to render it opaque
Glaze
Soft-paste porcelain
Moulding
: Soft-paste porcelain, moulded and decorated overglaze with plants and insects in polychrome enamels
Glazing (coating)
Accession number: C.8-1992
Primary reference Number: 131197
Old loan number: Statham Loan 2-1988
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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