Factory: Le Nove Porcelain Factory
Hard-paste porcelain painted in polychrome enamels with a girl in a landscape on each piece and gilt
Hard-paste porcelain, painted overglaze in blue, bluish-green, pale yellow, flesh pink, red, puce, shades of brown, brey and black enamels, and gilt. The handless cup has curved sides and stands on a footring. The circular saucer has shallow curved sides and stands on a footring.One side of the cup is decorated with a girl and her lover seated beside a stunted tree in a landscape, and on the other with a gold floral spray and two insects. Inside there are four tiny sprigs. dThe cup is decorated with a peasant girl seated on a rock beside a stunted tree, and in the background, a carriage entering the walled grounds of a large villa. The rims of both pieces are encircled by a gold band.
History note: Uncertain before Mrs W.D. (Frances Louisa) Dickson
Given by Mrs W.D. Dickson
Method of acquisition: Given (1943) by Dickson, W. D. (Frances Louisa), Mrs
18th Century, Late
Production date:
circa
AD 1780
Saucer
Diameter 11.5 cm
Height 2.3 cm
Cup
Diameter 6.8 cm
Height 4 cm
Decoration
blue, bluish-green, pale yellow, flesh pink, red, puce, shades of brown, brey and black
Enamel
clear
Glaze
Hard-paste porcelain
Glazing : Hard-paste porcelain, painted overglaze in blue, bluish-green, pale yellow, flesh pink, red, puce, shades of brown, brey and black enamels, and gilt.
Inscription present: a six-pointed star
Inscription present: circular white paper label printed with the inscription reserved in white in a black band round the circumference
Accession number: EC.15 & A-1943
Primary reference Number: 163244
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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