Factory: Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory
Soft-paste porcelain finger bowl, painted in polychrome enamels with plants and insects
Soft-paste porcelain finger bowl, painted in turquoise, green, yellow, pink, red, purple and dark brown enamel-colours. Circular with deep sides, contracting in a convex curve towards the base; schaped rim. The lower part is decorated with scallopendrium leaves, above which there is a caterpillar, a moth, a beetle and four other insects; in the centre of the interior there is a moth; and on the rim, a maroon line.
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 6-1988). 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: 7.5 cm
Height: 6.7 cm
Method of acquisition: Allocated (1992-01-20) by H.M. Government
18th Century, Mid
George II
Red anchor period (1752-1756)
Circa
1753
-
1758
Decoration composed of enamels ( turquoise, green, yellow, pink, red, purple and dark brown)
presumed lead
Lead-glaze
Soft-paste porcelain
Glazing (coating) : Soft-paste porcelain, painted in turquoise, green, yellow, pink, red, purple and dark brown enamels
Accession number: C.12-1992
Primary reference Number: 131201
Old loan number: Statham Loan 6-1988
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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