Factory: Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory
Soft-paste porcelain tureen and cover, moulded in the form of a large fighting cock, and painted overglaze in polychrome enamels.
History note: 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). If so, they may have come from the collection of the Duchess of Cleveland.
Bequeathed by Dick Gelston in memory of his brother Robert Gelston, Civil Engineer, Limerick.
Height: 9 in
Length: 15 in
Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1958-10-16) by Gelston, Dick
Mid 18th Century
George II
Red anchor period (1752-1756)
Circa
1752
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1756
See note.
Decoration composed of enamels ( polychrome)
presumed lead
Lead-glaze
Soft-paste porcelain
Moulding
: Soft-paste porcelain, moulded in the form of a large fighting cock, and painted overglaze in polychrome enamels
Glazing (coating)
Accession number: C.4.1 & A-1958
Primary reference Number: 131418
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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Accession Number: OC.71.1 & A-1938
Accession Number: OC.71.2 & A-1938
Accession Number: C.2391 & A-1928
Accession Number: OC.18 & A-1938
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