IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 137210 accession number: C.41-1992 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Friday 30 September 2016 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Soft-paste porcelain or hybrid porcelain dog's head whistle, painted in red, purple and black enamels; remnants of gilding. The dog has a black patch over its left brow and ear and spots on the right side of its face. Its nose and whiskers are black; its mouth is outlined in purple. A hole to take a cord for suspension is pierced through its muzzle. The area round the mouthpiece was originally gilt and has remnants of gilding on it. object type: Soft-paste porcelain or hybrid porcelain dog's head whistle, painted in red, purple and black enamels; remnants of gilding. title: whistle NOTES ----- type: history note value: From the collection of the late Dr & Mrs H. Statham; lent by the testator, 1988. Miss Beryl Statham Bequest accepted by H.M. Governament in lieu of Inheritance Tax and allocated to the Fitzwilliam Museum. LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts creditline: Bequeathed by Miss Statham, accepted by H.M. Government in lieu of Inheritance Tax and allocated to the Fitzwilliam Museum STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/137210 TECHNIQUES ---------- soft-paste porcelain or hybrid porcelain dog's head whistle, painted in red, purple and black enamels; remnants of gilding glazing (coating) CATEGORIES ------ category: soft-paste porcelain category: hybrid porcelain DATING ------ creation date: 1814 - 1828 creation date earliest: 1814 creation date latest: 1828 culture: 19th Century, first half# culture: George III culture: George IV culture: Bloor Period CREATORS -------- maker: Derby Porcelain Manufactory DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Height units: cm value: 2.2 dimension: Length units: cm value: 2.4 CITATIONS -------- Later English and Continental Ceramics Later English and Continental Ceramics, 7th March 1989 ---