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Fob seal: C.676-1961

Current Location: Gallery 26 (Lower Marlay)

Maker(s)

Factory: Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory

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Description

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.

Legal notes

Bequeathed by C.G. Clarke, Director of Museum

Measurements and weight

Height: 2.8 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 - 1759

Components of the work

Decoration composed of enamels ( blue, green, pale yellow, red, a little puce, brown and black)
Base Length 1.5 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 polychrome enamels

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.676-1961
Primary reference Number: 137254

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 13 October 2020

Associated departments & institutions

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

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