Factory: Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory
Soft-paste porcelain dish, painted in enamels in Kakiemon style with birds and flowers, and gilt.
Soft-paste porcelain dish, painted in blue, green, red, yellow and dark brown enamel-colours and gilt. Circular with shaped rim and shallow curved sides, moulded with scrolls and three trellis and quaterfoil diaper panels. Decorated in Kakiemon style with a standing red bird amid flowering plants, and two smaller birds flying overhead; dark brown line on 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 4-1988). 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: 20.1 cm
Method of acquisition: Allocated (1992-01-20) by H.M. Government
18th Century, Mid
George II
Red anchor period (1752-1756)
Circa
1753
-
1755
Decoration composed of enamels ( blue, green, red, yellow and dark brown) gold
presumed lead
Lead-glaze
Soft-paste porcelain
Glazing (coating) : Soft-paste porcelaain, moulded, and decorated in Kakiemon style with birds and flowers in polychrome enamel, and gilt
Accession number: C.10-1992
Primary reference Number: 131199
Old loan number: Statham Loan 4-1988
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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