Current Location: Gallery 26 (Lower Marlay)
Maker(s)
Factory:
Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory
Entities
Categories
Description
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.
Legal notes
Bequeathed by C.G. Clarke, Director of Museum
Measurements and weight
Height: 3 cm
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed
(1961-04-27)
by
Clarke, Louis Colville Gray
Dating
18th Century, Mid
George II
Circa
1754
-
1758
People, subjects and objects depicted
Components of the work
Decoration
composed of
enamels
( pale green, pink, puce, red and greyish-brown)
gold
Base
Length 1.6 cm
Materials used in production
presumed lead
Lead-glaze
Soft-paste porcelain
Techniques used in production
Glazing (coating)
: Soft-paste porcelain fob seal, painted in pale green, pink, puce, red and greyish-brown enamels, and gilt
Identification numbers
Accession number: C.675-1961
Primary reference Number: 137253
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Saturday 6 August 2011
Updated: Tuesday 13 October 2020
Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
