Current Location: In storage
Maker(s)
Factory:
New Hall Porcelain Factory
Entities
Categories
Description
Hybrid hard-paste porcelain, transfer-printed in black, and painted in polychrome enamels, and gilt. Oval with curved spout and loop handle, the domed cover pierced by a hold, and surmounted by a conical knob. The a Chinese scene known as 'the Window' or 'the Boy in the Window' pattern. Pattern no. 425
Hybrid hard-paste porcelain, with slip-cast body, transfer-printed in black, and painted in pale and darker blue, green, pale apricot, orange, pink, dark puce, and black enamels, and gilt. Oval with curved spout and loop handle, the domed cover pierced by a ventilation hole, and surmounted by a conical knob. The sides of the pot are each decorated with a large reserve containing a Chinese figure scene known as 'the Window' or 'the Boy in the Window' pattern. (Pattern no. 425) and with smaller reserves filled with apricot and red landscape vignettes, green and pink plants, or pink and puce diaper patterns. The shoulder has a continuous border of alternating scroll-edged reserves of the same types. There is a puce and a gold band round the mouth of the pot, a puce leaf and five dots on the top of the spout, and five graduated dots, a fan-shaped flower, a large spot, and a vertical brush-stroke down the back of the handle, and a V at its lower end. The cover has a border to match the shoulder, with four leaves above, and puce lines radiating from the centre of the cover.
Notes
History note: Unknown before testator
Legal notes
Dr Milo Keynes Bequest, 2009
Measurements and weight
Height: 18 cm
Length: 23.5 cm
Length: 9¼ in
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed
(2009)
by
Keynes, W. M., Dr.
Dating
18th Century, Late
George III
Circa
1795
-
1805
School or Style
Chinese
People, subjects and objects depicted
Components of the work
Decoration
composed of
gold
( below rim of pot only)
ceramic printing colour
( black)
enamel
( pale and darker blue, green, pale apricot orange, pink, dark puce,)
Wjp;e
Height 7⅛ in
Body
Materials used in production
presumed lead-glaze
Lead-glaze
Hybrid hard-paste porcelain
Techniques used in production
Lead-glazing
Inscription or legends present
- Text: C or (
- Location: On base at handle end
- Method of creation: Painted in red enamel
- Type: Mark
Inscription present: circular white paper stick-on label
- Text: IV.B.1
- Location: On base
- Method of creation: Hand-written in blue ink
- Type: Label
References and bibliographic entries
Identification numbers
Accession number: C.24 & A-2010
Primary reference Number: 176727
Entry form number: 1027
Old object number: IV.B.1
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Saturday 6 August 2011
Updated: Tuesday 26 March 2024
Last processed: Thursday 14 August 2025
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
