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Factory: New Hall Porcelain Factory
Hybrid hard-paste porcelain painted in gold and pale tan enamel with feathers and scrolls. Pattern 142
Hybrid hard-paste porcelain, moulded, painted overglaze in pale tan enamel, and gilded. The cup has a scalloped rim, deep sides reeded on the exterior, a loop handle, and stands on a footring. The circular saucer has curved sides and stands on a footring. The cup is decorated inside with a horizontal gold band a little way below the rim, which is gilded. On the outside at the top it has a border of undulating tan feathers interlaced by an undulating line of gold dots, with a larger spot at alternate junctions with the feather, There is a gold band below, and another round the footring. There are gold lines down both sides of the handles, and a vertical gold line down its back. The saucer has a gold floral spray in the centre, surround by a gold circle, and round the outer edge, a similar border.
History note: Unknown before testator
Dr Milo Keynes Bequest, 2009
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (2009) by Keynes, W. M., Dr.
18th Century, Late
George III
Circa
1787
-
1792
The saucer may be a marriage as it has smooth sides rather than fluted to match the cup.
Decoration
composed of
enamel
( pale brown)
gold
Saucer
Diameter 12.9 cm
Height 3 cm
Cup
Diameter 6.5 cm
Height 6.6 cm
Width 8 cm
presumed lead-glaze
Glaze
Hybrid hard-paste porcelain
Glazing (coating) : Hybrid hard-paste porcelain, moulded, painted in pale tan enamel and gilded
Inscription present: circular white paper stick-on label
Accession number: C.49 & A-2010
Primary reference Number: 177381
Entry form number: 1027
Old object number: I.D.3
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Coffee cup and saucer" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/177381 Accessed: 2024-12-22 19:14:14
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