Factory:
Derby Porcelain Manufactory
Painter:
Brewer, Robert
(Uncertain)
Painter:
Brewer, John
(Uncertain)
Soft-paste porcelain cup with cover and saucer, decorated with a pale yellow ground, painting in polychome enamels, and gilding. On the front is a shipping scene.
Soft-paste porcelain, decorated with a pale yellow ground, painting in pale blue, dark greyish-green, pale red, shades of brown, grey and black enamels, and gilding. Cylindrical cup with ear-shaped handle and slightly recessed base, the cover of shallow domed form rising up in the centre to a small circular platform on which is a three-sided handle.Circular saucer with sloping sides, flat centre and recessed base. The front of the cup is decorated with a shipping scene with three sailing vessels of graduated size, with distant cliffs and headland, surrounded by a gold border with reserved white triangular motifs. The rest of the exterior has a pale yellow ground overlaid by black architectural ornament reminiscent of wrought ironwork. There are gold bands round the top and bottom, and the handle is decorated with four vertical lines separated by spots. The base is inscribed in blue enamel: 'Before the Wind, Light/Breeze.' The cover is decorated to match the sides and handle, and the sides of the saucer likewise, with a border of gold leaves and berries between concentric circles on the base.
History note: Wallace Elliot: sold Sotheby's, 24-26 May 1938, Fine Old English Pottery and Porcelain, lot 292
Bought with the Glaisher Fund
Method of acquisition: Bought (1938) by Sotheby's
18th Century, Late#
George III
Circa
1795
CE
-
1800
CE
The painting was attributed to Robert Brewer, who worked at Derby after 1797, but is more likely, as the label on the base states, to have been by John Brewer (1764-1816), who worked at the factory from 1793 and later became a drawing master (c. 1808-15).
Decoration
composed of
enamels
( polychrome)
gold
Saucer
Diameter 13.8 cm
Diameter 5 3/8 in
Height 1 1/4 in
Rim Of Cup
Diameter 7.1 cm
Cup
Height 3 3/4 in
Width 3 3/4 in
presumed lead
Lead-glaze
Soft-paste porcelain
Glazing (coating) : Soft-paste porcelain cup with cover and saucer, decorated with a pale yellow ground, painting in polychome enamels, and gilding.
Inscription present: 'D', above which two crossed batons with three dots per side, surmounted by a crown
Inscription present: a 'D', above which two crossed batons with three dots per side, surmounted by a crown
Inscription present: rectagular with maroon line border, on the left an elephant's head crest with No (raised o) to the right
Inscription present: narrow rectangular white paper stick on label
Accession number: EC.28 & A & B-1938
Primary reference Number: 137196
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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