Current Location: In storage
Maker(s)
Factory:
New Hall Porcelain Factory
Entities
Categories
Description
Hybrid hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels with a pink dotted trellis border, a dotted wavy line and floral sprigs. Pattern 173.
Hybrid hard-paste porcelain, painted overglaze in blue, green, pink, puce, purple and red enamels. The tea bowl has deep curved sides and a high footring. The circular saucer (A) has deep curved sides and stands on a footring. The coffee cup (B) has deep almost straight sides which curve in to the low footring . The cup is decorated on the inside with a central red and green floral sprig, and round the upper edge with a wide pink border with red edges, overlaid by puce dotted trellis pattern. The border curves downwards at six points, at three of which it has a pair of purple dotted flowerheads and leaves, and at the other three a purple rose, and a pair of red dotted flowerheads and leaves. On the exterior there is a rose spray and five other blue or red floral sprays, with above, an undulating line of purple dots. The saucer is decorated to match. The coffee cup has a similar inside border, but no central floral spirg. On the exterior it has a rose spray and two smaller blue and red floral sprigs, and an undulating line of purple dots below the rim. On the back of the handle, in puce, are five dots, a fan-shaped flower, a vertical stroke, and a V on the terminal.
Notes
History note: Unknown before testator
Legal notes
Dr Milo Keynes Bequest, 2009
Place(s) associated
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Shelton
⪼ Staffordshire
⪼ England
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed
(2009)
by
Keynes, W. M., Dr.
Dating
18th Century, Late
George III
Circa
1795
-
1800
Note
Tea and coffee sets were usually provided with one saucer to each teabowl or teacup and coffee cup. The two cups and one saucer are often described as a trio, but it is not known whether these were originally together.
Components of the work
Decoration
composed of
enamel
( blue, green, pink, puce, purple, and red)
Saucer
Diameter 12.8 cm
Height 3.5 cm
Coffee Cup
Diameter 6.2 cm
Height 6.5 cm
Width 8.2 cm
Tea Bowl
Diameter 8.3 cm
Height 5.3 cm
Materials used in production
presumed lead-glaze
Glaze
Hard-paste porcelain
Techniques used in production
Glazing
: Hybrid hard-paste porcelain, painted overglaze in blue, green, pink, puce, purple and red enamels
Inscription or legends present
Inscription present: circular white paper stick-on label
- Text: I.C.1
- Location: On all three pieces
- Method of creation: Hand-written in black ink
- Type: Label
References and bibliographic entries
Identification numbers
Accession number: C.91 & A-B-2010
Primary reference Number: 177470
Entry form number: 1027
Old object number: I.C.1
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Saturday 6 August 2011
Updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020
Last processed: Wednesday 13 December 2023
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
