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Factory: uncertain
Hybrid hard-paste porcelain, transfer-printed in black and painted in polychrome enamels with a Chinese figure scenes and floral borders
Hybrid hard-paste porcelain, transfer-printed in black and painted in blue, turquoise, green, apricot-pink, puce, purple, red, and black enamels. The cup is of London shape. The circular saucer has deep curved sides which on the outside, have an ridge and depression around the footring. The exterior of the cup is decorated with a Chinese scene. A lady holding a flower in her left hand is seated on a rectangular garden seat. To the left of her there is half of a female attendant and a pot plant. To the right there is a small boy, and a lady bringing a small tree in a pot. Two small dogs scamper in the foreground.Beside the handle there is a group of flowers in a large vase. A broad multicoloured border of stylized flowers and leaves encircles the inside of the rim. The back of the handle has a puce spot and a vertical stroke. The saucer is decorated with a variant of the scene with a small building on an island floating above the figures, and the border round the outer edge.
History note: Unknown before testator
Dr Milo Keynes Bequest, 2009
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (2009) by Keynes, W. M., Dr.
19th Century, Early#
George III
Production date:
circa
AD 1800
Decoration
composed of
ceramic printing colour
( black)
enamel
( blue, turquoise, green, apricot-pink, puce, purple, red, and black)
Saucer
Diameter 14 cm
Height 3.9 cm
Cup
Diameter 7.5 cm
Height 6.5 cm
Width 9.5 cm
Handle
presumed lead-glaze
Glaze
Hybrid hard-paste porcelain
Inscription present: white card tie-on label
Inscription present: circular white paper stick-on label
Accession number: C.33 & A-2010
Primary reference Number: 177299
Entry form number: 1027
Old object number: I.I.3
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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