IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 208387 accession number: C.709 & A-2016 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Tuesday 16 February 2016 updated: Wednesday 16 November 2016 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Soft-paste porcelain, painted underglaze in dark blue, overglaze in blue, turquoise, green, red, and black enamels and gilded. The globular pot stands on a footring and has a short cylindrical neck, a slightly-curved, upward-tilting spout, and a D-shaped loop handle. In the wall behind the spout there are five holes in a circle to emit the tea. The low domed cover has a ventilation hole and a knob in the shape of a flower on a stalk with two small leaves. The underside of its rim and the outside of the flange which fits inside the neck is unglazed. The body is decorated on both sides with two wide white panels decorated respectively with prunus blossom and chrysanthemum sprays separated by a narrow panel with a central circular red and white flowerhead reserved in a dark blue ground overlaid by giold stylized flowers and foliage. There are comparable panels surrounding the handle and spout, which each have small red formal plant motifs on them.The cover is decorated en suite, and its knob has red petals and centre. object type: soft-paste porcelain painted underglaze in blue, overglaze in blue, turquoise, green, red, and black enamels and gold in Kakiemon style with vertical panels of prunus blossom, chrysanthemums, and a flower reserved in a blue ground title: teapot NOTES ----- type: history note value: unknown before donor LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts creditline: Given by Professor Ffocs-Williams STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/208387 TECHNIQUES ---------- glazing CATEGORIES ------ category: soft-paste porcelain category: teaware DATING ------ creation date: 1760 - 1775 creation date earliest: 1760 creation date latest: 1775 CREATORS -------- maker: Worcester Porcelain Factory DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Height units: cm value: 13.8 dimension: Length units: cm value: 18.8