Current Location: In storage
Maker(s)
Factory:
Ridgway
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Categories
Description
Porcelain coffee can and saucer each decorated in grey, black, and brownish-red enamels with a Titmouse in a landscape, and gilded
Porcelain painted overglaze in black and brownish-red enamels and gilded. The cylindrical cup has a loop handle with two inward curves near the lower end. The circular saucer has deep curved sides and stands on a footrim. Both pieces are decorated with a Blue Titmouse painted in black and grey standing in a landscape painted in brownish-red. Wide gold bands encircle the edge of the saucer and top edge of the cup, and a narrower band runs round the cup’s lower edge. The base of the saucer is inscribed ‘The Blue Titmouse’, and the cup, ‘Blue Titmouse.’ in greyish-black enamel, both in a curve close to the footrim.
Notes
History note: MVS, Fort Walton Beach, Florda, from whom purchased on 12 June 1994 by Christopher Hogwood, CBE, Cambridge (1941-2014); sold by the executors
Legal notes
From the Collection of Christopher Hogwood. Given by the Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum
People, subjects and objects depicted
Components of the work
Decoration
composed of
enamel
( brownish-red, grey, black)
gold
Saucer
Diameter 14.2 cm
Height 3 cm
Cup
Diameter 6.7 cm
Height 6 cm
Width 8.7 cm
Cup Handle
Materials used in production
Glaze
Porcelain
Techniques used in production
Glazing
Inscription or legends present
Inscription present: circular white paper stick-on label
- Text: 1052/bis
- Location: On base of both pieces
- Method of creation: Hand-written in black ink
- Type: Label
References and bibliographic entries
Identification numbers
Accession number: C.249 & A-2015
Primary reference Number: 201342
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Audit data
Created: Tuesday 19 May 2015
Updated: Tuesday 29 November 2022
Last processed: Wednesday 13 December 2023
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
