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Factory: New Hall Porcelain Factory
Hybrid hard-paste porcelain, transfer-printed underglaze in blue, and painted in blue, green, dark pink, and red enamels with a 'tobacco leaf' pattern. Pattern 272.
Hybrid hard-paste porcelain, transfer-printed underglaze in blue, and painted overglaze in blue, green, dark pink, and red enamels. The tea bowl has deep curved sides and stands on a footring. The saucer has curved sides and a footring. The centre of its base is surrounded by a slightly indented circle underglaze. The interior of the cup has a printed and painted blue circular flower in the middle, and a narrow blue border of stylised red flowerheads and stems of blue foliage. The exterior is decorated with a tobacco leaf' pattern comprising blue and red serrated leaves flanking a red flower with blue edge, and two circular blue flowers similar to the one inside, sprays of small green leaves, and dark pink flowers, and, on one side, two linked blue rings. The inside of the saucer is decorated to match. Pattern 272
History note: Unknown before donor
Dr Milo Keynes Bequest
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (2009) by Keynes, W. M., Dr.
18th Century, Late
George III
Circa
1795
-
1800
The pattern 'Tobacco leaf' pattern was derived from Chinese porcelain
Decoration
composed of
enamel
( blue, green, dark pink, and red)
cobalt
( in underlgaze ceramic printing pigment)
Saucer
Diameter 13 cm
Diameter 5⅛ in
Height 3.4 cm
Cup
Diameter 8.4 cm
Diameter 3¼ in
Height 5.2 cm
Height 2 in
presumed lead-glaze
Lead-glaze
Hybrid hard-paste porcelain
Inscription present: circular white paper stick-on label
Accession number: C.16 & A-2010
Primary reference Number: 176714
Entry form number: 1027
Old object number: I B 3
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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