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Coffee can: C.252-2015

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Factory: Spode (Probably)

Entities

Categories

Description

Bona china coffee can bat-printed in brown with a house titled THE LAWNS BROSELEY

Bone china bat-printed in brown and painted in maroon enamel. Cylindrical with an ear-shaped handle. Printed on one side with a view of a three-storey house flanked by trees, standing in a park with three sheep in the foreground, titled below, THE LAWNS BROSELY’, and on the other side with a rose, and a bud on a stem with one leaf below the bud and three on the other side. The rim is encircled by a maroon band.

Notes

History note: Fied Mc from whom purchased on 2 September 1994 by Christopher Hogwood, CBE, Cambridge

Legal notes

Given by the Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 6.2 cm
Height: 6.2 cm
Width: 8.4 cm

Place(s) associated

  • Stoke-on-Trent ⪼ Staffordshire ⪼ England

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (2015-04-24) by The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum

Dating

20th Century, Late#
Elizabeth II
Production date: dated AD 1989

Note

This cup was decorated for Michael Berthoud of 'The Lawns' Brosely

Components of the work

Decoration composed of ceramic printing colour ( brown) enamel ( maroon)
Cup
Handle

Materials used in production

Glaze
Bone china

Techniques used in production

Glazing

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: with an oval double line

  • Text: ENGRAVED/&/BAT PRINTED/BY/ PAUL HOLDWAY/1989
  • Location: On base
  • Method of creation: Printed in brown
  • Type: Mark

Inscription present: Rectangular white paper stick-on label

  • Text: Made for Michael/Berthoud of ‘The Lawns’
  • Location: On base
  • Method of creation: Hand-written in black ink
  • Type: Label

Inscription present: rectangular white paper stick-on label

  • Text: 2945x/£16 C20
  • Location: On base
  • Method of creation: Hand-written in black ink
  • Type: Label

Inscription present: circular white paper stick-on label

  • Text: 1091
  • Location: On base
  • Method of creation: Hand-written in black biro
  • Type: Label

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.252-2015
Primary reference Number: 201326
Old object number: 1091
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

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