Factory: Wedgwood
Bone china, painted in green, dark green, red, maroon, and black enamels, and gilt. Pattern number 619
Bone china, painted overglaze in green, dark green, red, maroon, and black enamels, and gilt. Cylindrical can with ring handle. The base has unglazed areas round the edge. Circular saucer with curved sides and recessed base. The cup is decorated on the exterior with four diagonal sprays of red flowers with maroon stems and long wavy leaves, with between them four split green leaves growing downards from the rim. There is a gold horizontal band below the sprays and another on the rim. Inside there are two horizontal sprays of red flowers and maroon leaves. The handle has a long serrated palm leaf down its back. The saucer is decorated on the inside with a gold circle in the middle, surrounded by seven matching floral sprays and seven split leaves. A gold band encircles the rim.
Given by Dame Anne Warburton
Method of acquisition: Given (2010-06-07) by Warburton, Anne, Dame
19th Century, Early#
George III
Circa
1815
-
1820
Decoration
composed of
enamel
( green, dark green, red, maroon, and black)
gold
Cup
Diameter 6.3 cm
Diameter 2½ in
Height 6.4 cm
Height 2½ in
Width 8.3 cm
Width 3¼ in
Saucer
Diameter 5 9/16 in
Height 3 cm
Height 1 3/16 in
clear
Glaze
Bone china
Inscription present: small circular discoloured white paper label
Accession number: C.122 & A-2010
Primary reference Number: 177308
Entry form number: 1038
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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