IDENTIFIERS
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id:	131417
accession number:	C.4.2 & A-1958

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Thursday 5 September 2024

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Soft-paste porcelain tureen and cover, moulded in the form of a fighting cock, and painted  overglaze in polychrome enamels.
title:	tureen and cover

NOTES
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type: history note
value: Possibly from the collection of the Duchess of Cleveland. It is possible that the pair of tureens was sold on 30 March 1922, lot 91, as part of the 'Catalogue of Oil Paintings, Tapestries, Porcelain and Furniture' auctioned by Mr W. Rendall Darby, of the firm of Messrs. J & R Kemp and Co., 125 High Holborn, WC1. A pair of 14 1/2 in Old Chelsea tureens and covers in the form of fighting cocks, enamelled in colours (no price or purchaser given). Robert Gelston, Limerick; his brother, Dick Gelston


LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Applied Arts
creditline: Bequeathed by Dick Gelston in memory of his brother Robert Gelston, Civil Engineer, Limerick.

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/131417


SUBJECTS
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dining
fighting cock
fighting cock



TECHNIQUES
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soft-paste porcelain, moulded in the form of a fighting cock, and painted overglaze in polychrome enamels
moulding
TECHNIQUES
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glazing (coating)

CATEGORIES
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category: soft-paste porcelain

DATING
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creation date:	1755 - 1756
creation date earliest:	1755
creation date latest:	1756
culture:	18th Century, Mid
culture:	George II
culture:	Red anchor period (1752-1756)

CREATORS
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maker: Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Height
units: in
value: 9

dimension: Length
units: in
value: 15



EXHIBITIONS HISTORY
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title:	Chelsea China and Pottery Exhibition
CITATIONS
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The Cheyne Book of Chelsea China and Pottery
Chelsea Porcelain
Annual Report of the Fitzwilliam Museum Syndicate for the Year 1958
European Porcelain of the 18th Century
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