Factory: Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory
Soft-paste porcelain fob seal, painted in polychrome enamels.
Soft-paste porcelain fob seal, painted in blue, green, pale yellow, red, a little puce, brown and black enamels. A musician wearing a mask and playing a mandoline sits on a green rock on an oval base inscribed in red capitals 'JE VAY AU COEUR'. The base is set in a gilt-metal band containing a red glass/carnelian seal cut in intaglio with a winged heart surrounded by 'LE VOLE A VERTU' (or 'JE VOLE A VERTU'). A gilt-metal suspension loop decorated with a flower, is attached to the rock by means of a pin inserted into the porcelain.
Bequeathed by C.G. Clarke, Director of Museum
Height: 2.8 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1961-04-27) by Clarke, Louis Colville Gray
18th Century, Mid
George II
Circa
1754
-
1759
Decoration
composed of
enamels
( blue, green, pale yellow, red, a little puce, brown and black)
Base
Length 1.5 cm
presumed lead
Lead-glaze
Soft-paste porcelain
Glazing (coating) : Soft-paste porcelain fob seal, painted in polychrome enamels
Accession number: C.676-1961
Primary reference Number: 137254
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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