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Vase: EC.24A-1941

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Maker(s)

Factory: Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory
Painter: O'Neale, Jefferyes Hamett

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Description

Soft-paste porcelain bottle-shaped vase, painted in polychrome enamels with fable subjects and flowers .

Soft-paste porcelain bottle-shaped vase, painted in polychrome enamels by O'Neale with fable subjects on one side and flowers probably by another hand on the reverse. The pear shaped bodies surmounted by trumpet necks with brown edge.

Notes

History note: Dr H. Bellamy Gardner; sold Sotheby's, 12 June 1941, Catalogue of the Celebrated collection of Chelsea Porcelain, English Ceramics and Enamels, the property of Dr and Mrs Bellamy Gardner, lot 48; given by the National Art Collections Fund as trustee of the R. S. Cochrane Fund

Legal notes

Given by the National Art Collections Fund as trustee of the R. S. Cochrane Fund

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 3 1/8 in
Height: 14.9 cm
Height: 5 7/8 in

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1941-06-12) by National Art Collections Fund

Dating

18th Century, Mid
George II
Production date: circa AD 1755

Components of the work

Decoration composed of enamels ( polychrome)

Materials used in production

presumed lead Lead-glaze
Soft-paste porcelain

Techniques used in production

Glazing (coating) : Soft-paste porcelain bottle-shaped vase, painted in polychrome enamels with fable subjects and flowers
Moulding

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: indicates Chelsea
  • Location: Base
  • Method of creation: Painted in red enamel
  • Type: Factory mark

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Identification numbers

Accession number: EC.24A-1941
Primary reference Number: 137247

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 29 April 2024

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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