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Factory: New Hall Porcelain Factory
Hybrid hard-paste porcelain painted in black and puce enamels and gilded; a border of a continuous wavy stem with black and gold leaves and puce berries. Pattern no. 280.
Hybrid hard-paste porcelain, painted overglaze in black and puce enamels, and gilded. The circular cup has deep curved sides and stands on a footring. The saucer has curved sides and stands on a footring. The cup is decorated inside with a gold star-like flowerhead, and below the rim with a border comprising a black wavy stem with tiny trefoil leaves, puce berries, and gold trefoil leaves. There is a gold band on the rim, and on the exterior below the rim and round the footring. The saucer is decorated en suite but also has a gold circle around the central star-flower. Pattern 280.
History note: Unknown before testator
Dr Milo Keynes Bequest, 2009
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (2009) by Keynes, W. M., Dr.
18th Century, Late-19th Century, Early#
George III
Circa
1797
-
1803
Decoration
composed of
enamel
( black and puce)
gold
Saucer
Diameter 13 cm
Diameter 5 1/8 in
Height 3.5 cm
Tea Bowl
Diameter 8 cm
Diameter 3 1/8 in
Height 5 cm
Height 2 in
Bowl
presumed lead-glaze
Glaze
Hybrid hard-paste
Inscription present: circular white paper stick-on labe
Accession number: C.58 & A-2010
Primary reference Number: 177408
Entry form number: 1027
Old object number: I.L.3
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Tea bowl and saucer" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/177408 Accessed: 2024-12-22 19:14:44
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