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Factory: New Hall Porcelain Factory
Bone china, painted underglaze in blue, overglaze in red and green enamel, and gold in Imari style. Pattern 1368.
Bone china, painted underglaze in blue, overglaze in pale green, iron-red, a little black, and gold in Imari style. The cup is of London shape. The circular saucer has deep sloping sides, and stands on a footring. The inside of the cup has a red and black bird on a white area. The rest of the surface is covered with two underglaze blue panels decorated with red and gold flowers, and two white panels decorated with a spray of underglaze blue and green leaves and red flowers, with seven red squares below. Above the panels there are red stylized plants reserved in a gold gound. The exterior is decorated with a border comprising alternating rectangles containing two scale-patterned diamonds reserved in a blue ground, and a red flower reserved in a blue ground. The back of the handle is gilded. The saucer is decorated with the same design as the interior of the cup, with the interior border round the outer edge. Pattern 1368.
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
Circa
1813
-
1818
Decoration
composed of
enamel
( pale green, iron-red, a little black)
cobalt
( underglaze)
gold
Saucer
Diameter 14 cm
Height 2.8 cm
Cup
Diameter 8.7 cm
Height 6 cm
Width 10.6 cm
presumed lead-glaze
Glaze
Bone china
Inscription present: circular white paper stick-on label
Accession number: C.41 & A-2010
Primary reference Number: 177372
Entry form number: 1027
Old object number: 1.A.2
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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