Factory: Worcester Porcelain Factory
Soft-paste porcelain bowl, transfer-printed underglaze in blue with flowers
Soft-paste porcelain (steatitic) thrown, transfer-printed underglaze in blue. The bowl has deep curved sides and stands on a footring of triangular section. The exterior is decorated on one side with a floral arrangement known as ' The Three Flowers'. To the right of it there are two small floral sprays, and to the left, a butterfly and a spray of fern. Between them is a spray of leaves with two flowers, and a smaller butterfly to the left of it. Inside there is a central floral spray, and two horizontal bands below the rim.
History note: Sir Ivor and Lady Batchelor, St Andrew’s, Fife; on loan since 2006
Sir Ivor and Lady Batchelor Bequest
Diameter: 16.5 cm
Height: 7.6 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (2015-04-27) by Batchelor, Ivor, Sir and Lady
18th Century, Late
George II
Circa
1770
CE
-
1780
CE
This was a popular floral pattern, and variants are found on Caughley and Lowestoft porcelain
Decoration composed of ceramic printing colour ( blue from cobalt) glaze
presumed steatitic Soft-paste porcelain
Throwing
: Soft-paste porcelain, thrown, transfer-printed underglaze in blue
Firing (heating)
Glaze
Accession number: C.125-2015
Primary reference Number: 205101
Entry form number: 648
Old loan number: AAL.125-2006
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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