Current Location: Gallery 26 (Lower Marlay)
Maker(s)
Factory:
Worcester Porcelain Factory
Entities
Categories
Description
Soft-paste porcelain sauceboat, painted onglaze with leaves, flowers and insects in red, yellow, green, blue, pink and brown enamels.
Soft-paste porcelain sauceboat, with moulded decoration, and painted onglaze in red, yellow, green, blue, pink and brown enamels. The sides of the oval sauceboat are moulded with five overlapping cos lettuce leaves; the curled-over crabstock handle has leaf and fruit terminals; the oval base is supported on a flat unglazed footring. The sides are sparsely painted with leaves, flowers and insects outlined in black; the rim has a brown line border; the crabstock handle, leaf and fruit terminals are picked out in naturalistic colours; a leaf and flower are painted on the interior.
Legal notes
Given by Ralph Griffin, MA, FSA
Measurements and weight
Height: 10 cm
Length: 18 cm
Place(s) associated
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Worcester
⪼ Worcestershire
⪼ England
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Given
(1918-08-28)
by
Griffin, Ralph, MA, FSA
Dating
18th Century, Mid
George II
Production date:
circa
AD 1758
School or Style
Rococo
Components of the work
Decoration
composed of
enamels
( red, yellow, green, blue, pink and brown)
Materials used in production
presumed lead
Lead-glaze
Soft-paste porcelain
Techniques used in production
Moulding
: Soft-paste porcelain, moulded, and painted onglaze in red, yellow, green, blue, pink and brown enamels
Applying
Glazing (coating)
References and bibliographic entries
Identification numbers
Accession number: C.5-1918
Primary reference Number: 133760
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Saturday 6 August 2011
Updated: Friday 7 August 2015
Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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