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Factory: New Hall Porcelain Factory
Hybrid hard-paste porcelain painted iunderglaze in blue, overglaze in red enamel, and gold with foliage and berries. Pattern, no. 372
Hybrid hard-paste porcelain, painted underglaze in blue, overglaze in red enamel, and gilded. Cylindrical coffee can with loop handle. Circular saucer with curved sides, standing on a footring. The cup is decorated on the exterior with a blue tree, with foliage dotted in blue and red, and with two bunches of red berries, and gold tendrils, repeated on the other side. Inside there are two gold branches, each with two dotted leaves, and two bunches of red berries. There are gold bands round the rim and base and the back of the handle is gilded. The saucer has a central gold-edged medallion containing a plant, surrounded by the pattern on the exterior of the cup. The edge is encircled by a gold band. Pattern no. 372.
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
1795
-
1800
Decoration
composed of
cobalt
( painted underglaze)
enamel
( red)
gold
Saucer
Diameter 13.6 cm
Height 3.1 cm
Cup
Diameter 6.8 cm
Height 5.9 cm
Width 8.8 cm
presumed lead-glaze
Glaze
Hybrid hard-paste porcelain
Inscription present: circular white paper stick-on label
Accession number: C.66 & A-2010
Primary reference Number: 177386
Entry form number: 1027
Old object number: III.F.2
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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Accession Number: C.6.1 & A & B-1974
Accession Number: C.6.7-1974
Accession Number: C.11H-1988
Accession Number: C.11G-1988
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