Factory: Unknown
Small hard-paste porcelain spoon with deep shell-shaped bowl, glazed and painted in enamel colours with flowers and a landscape within gilt borders
Hard-paste porcelain, glazed and painted in enamels; small spoon, possibly for jam, with deep shell-shaped bowl on a wavy stem with a spatulate rococo terminal turning upwards. The bowl and handle are painted with sprigs of coloured flowers; the terminal is painted with a vignette of two couples in a landscape with a tree, ship and church in the background. The bowl and stem have a gilt rim, whilst the terminal and back of the spoon have gilt highlights.
History note: Not known before Charles Brinsley Marlay, London
C.B. Marlay Bequest
Length: 14.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1912) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley
18th Century, Mid-Late
Circa
1740
CE
-
Circa
1800
CE
Decoration composed of enamel gold
clear
Glaze
Hard-paste porcelain
Press-moulding
: Porcelain, press-moulded, glazed, and painted in enamels
Glazing
Accession number: MAR.M.179-1912
Primary reference Number: 166878
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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