IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 131200 accession number: C.11-1992 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Tuesday 13 October 2020 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Soft-paste porcelain finger bowl, painted in blue, turquoise, green, yellow, puce, gray, pale purple and maroon enamel-colours. Circular with deep sides, contracting in a convex curve towards the base; scalloped rim. The lower part is decorated with scallopendrium leaves, above which there are three moths, a dragonfly and a beetle; in the centre of the interior there is a moth; and on the rim, a maroon line. object type: Soft-paste porcelain finger bowl, decorated with leaves and insects in polychrome enamels. title: finger bowl 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 5-1988). 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/131200 SUBJECTS ------------------- moths dragonfly beetle scallopendrium moths dragonfly beetle scallopendrium TECHNIQUES ---------- soft-paste porcelain, moulded, and painted in blue, turquoise, green, yellow, puce, gray, pale purple and maroon enamels glazing (coating) CATEGORIES ------ category: soft-paste porcelain DATING ------ creation date: 1753 - 1758 creation date earliest: 1753 creation date latest: 1758 culture: 18th Century, Mid culture: George II culture: Red anchor period (1752-1756) CREATORS -------- maker: Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Diameter units: cm value: 7.5 dimension: Height units: cm value: 6.7