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Teapot stand: C.74-2010

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Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Factory: New Hall Porcelain Factory

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Description

Bone china painted in enamels with a shell, seaweed and flowers. Pattern no. 1045.

Bone china, press-moulded, glazed, and painted in blue, yellowish-green, yellow, pale orange, iron-red, and black enamel. Glaze on underside of base has an orange-peel appearance, and there is specking round the underside of the rim. Squarish oval shape with slightly everted sides, and four shallow indents in the rim. Decorated in the middle with a large yellow shell surrounded by blue and red flowers, and green seaweed on black stems, surrounded by four motifs composed of wavy red lines with four green leaves on either side of each, alternating with four tiny red sprigs. Round the edge there is a border of pairs of red ovals enclosing a stroke linked by green horizontal lines with two red dots above and below. The rim is encircle by a pale orange line. Pattern 1045.

Notes

History note: Unknown before testator

Legal notes

Dr Milo Keynes Bequest, 2009

Measurements and weight

Height: 1.8 cm
Length: 18.8 cm
Width: 15.6 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (2009) by Keynes, W. M., Dr.

Dating

19th Century, Early
George III
Circa 1815 CE - 1820 CE

Note

Bone china was introduced at New Hall about 1812.

Components of the work

Decoration composed of enamel ( blue, yellowish-green, yellow, red, and black)

Materials used in production

Glaze
Bone china

Techniques used in production

Press-moulding : Bone china, press-moulded, glazed, and painted in blue, yellowish-green, yellow, red, and black enamels
Glazing

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: 1045
  • Location: On base near one end
  • Method of creation: Painted in red enamel
  • Type: Pattern number

Inscription present: rectangular discoloured white stick-on label

  • Text: New Hall/£85
  • Location: On base
  • Method of creation: Hand-written in black ink
  • Type: Label

Inscription present: circular white paper stick-on label

  • Text: I.G.2
  • Location: On base
  • Method of creation: Hand-written in black ink
  • Type: Label

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.74-2010
Primary reference Number: 177455
Entry form number: 1027
Old object number: I.G.2

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 26 March 2024

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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