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Saucer: C.126-2015

Object information

Awaiting location update

Maker(s)

Factory: Worcester Porcelain Factory

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Description

Soft-paste porcelain saucer transfer-printed underglaze in blue with 'The Mother and Child' pattern

Soft-paste porcelain transfer-printed underglaze in blue. Circular with curved sides, standing on a footring. Decorated on the inside with ‘The Mother and Child’ pattern, showing a seated Chinese woman and a child with on the right, a tall vase containing a convolvulus and other flowers standing on a circular stand, and behind them.

Notes

History note: Sir Ivor and Lady Batchelor, St Andrew’s, Fife; on loan since 2006

Legal notes

Sir Ivor and Lady Batchelor Bequest

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 12.7 cm
Height: 2.8 cm

Place(s) associated

  • Worcester ⪼ Worcestershire ⪼ England

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (2015-04-27) by Batchelor, Ivor, Sir and Lady

Dating

18th Century, third quarter
George II
George III
Production date: circa AD 1760

School or Style

Chinoiserie

People, subjects and objects depicted

Components of the work

Decoration composed of ceramic printing colour ( blue from cobalt)

Materials used in production

presumed steatitic Soft-paste porcelain
Glaze

Techniques used in production

Glazing

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: a crescent
  • Location: On base
  • Method of creation: Transfer-printed underglaze in blue
  • Type: Mark

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.126-2015
Primary reference Number: 205096
Entry form number: 648
Old loan number: AAL.126-2006
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Audit data

Created: Tuesday 11 August 2015 Updated: Tuesday 3 May 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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