Factory: Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory
Soft-paste porcelain fob seal, painted in pale green, pink, puce, red and greyish-brown enamels, and gilt.
Soft-paste porcelain fob seal, painted in pale green, pink, puce, red and greyish-brown enamels, and gilt. A Cupid standing beside a tree stump on an oval base. He holds a tankard (?) in his right hand and his quiver and a gold heart are on the ground in front of him. The base is inscribed in red capitals 'JE LE TROUVERAY'. The base is mounted in an oval gilt-metal band containing an uncut bloodstone seal. A gold suspension loop is attached to Cupid's back by means of a pin inserted into the porcelain.
Bequeathed by C.G. Clarke, Director of Museum
Height: 3 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1961-04-27) by Clarke, Louis Colville Gray
18th Century, Mid
George II
Circa
1754
-
1758
Decoration
composed of
enamels
( pale green, pink, puce, red and greyish-brown)
gold
Base
Length 1.6 cm
presumed lead
Lead-glaze
Soft-paste porcelain
Glazing (coating) : Soft-paste porcelain fob seal, painted in pale green, pink, puce, red and greyish-brown enamels, and gilt
Accession number: C.675-1961
Primary reference Number: 137253
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Fob seal" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/137253 Accessed: 2024-12-18 05:48:08
To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:
{{cite web|url=https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/137253
|title=Fob seal
|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-12-18 05:48:08|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
To call these data via our API (remember this needs to be authenticated) you can use this code snippet:
https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/api/v1/objects/object-137253
Updates about future exhibitions and displays, family activities, virtual events & news. You'll be the first to know...