Current Location: In storage
Maker(s)
Factory:
New Hall Porcelain Factory
Entities
Categories
Description
Hybrid hard-paste porcelain coffee can decorated with an orange ground, with reserved motifs and gilding
Hybrid hard-paste porcelain, slightly speckled on the base of interior, with decoration reserved in a bright orange ground, and gilded. Cylindrical with a loop handle which has a slight vertical ridge. The exterior is decorated with stylized floral motifs reserved the orange ground which is overlaid by curling stems with leaves, and palmette-like motifs painted in gold. There are gold bands below the design and round the rim, and the sides and upper part of the handle are gilded. Pattern 676
Notes
History note: Stockbridge, London, from whom purchased on 22 September 1992 by Christopher Hogwood, CBE (1941-2014), Cambridge; sold by the executors
Legal notes
From the Collection of Christopher Hogwood. Given by the Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum
Measurements and weight
Diameter: 6.6 cm
Height: 6.2 cm
Width: 8.3 cm
Place(s) associated
-
New Hall
⪼ Staffordshire
⪼ England
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Given
(2015-04-27)
by
The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum
Dating
18th Century, Late#
George III
Production date:
circa
AD 1800
School or Style
Neoclassical
Components of the work
Decoration
composed of
ground colour
( orange)
gilding
Materials used in production
presumed lead glaze
Lead-glaze
Hybrid hard-paste porcelain
Techniques used in production
Lead-glazing
: Hybrid-hard-paste porcelain decorated with an orange ground with reserved and gilded decoration
Inscription or legends present
Inscription present: Rectangular white paper stick-on label
- Text: NEW HALL/COFFEE CAN/P 676/£112
- Location: On base
- Method of creation: Hand-written in black ink
- Type: Label
Inscription present: Circular white paper stick-on label
- Text: 152
- Location: On base
- Method of creation: Hand-written in blue ink
- Type: Label
References and bibliographic entries
Identification numbers
Accession number: C.239-2015
Primary reference Number: 201325
Old object number: 152
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Tuesday 12 May 2015
Updated: Wednesday 17 February 2016
Last processed: Wednesday 13 December 2023
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
