IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 208389 accession number: C.705 & A-2016 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Tuesday 16 February 2016 updated: Wednesday 16 November 2016 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Soft-paste porcelain (steatitic), thrown with applied handle, spout and knob, transfer-printed onglaze in black, and painted in blue, green, yellow dark pink, brownish-red, and black enamels, and lightly gilt. The globular pot stands on a footring, and has a short cylindrical neck, a slightly curved, upward-tilting spout, and a D-shaped handle with a longitudinal ridge. There are five holes behind the spout 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 leaves. The underside of its rim, and outside of the flange which fits inside the neck of the pot, are unglazed. Both sides of the exterior are decorated with the same Chinese scene. On the right, a woman stands behind a man seated beside a table on which is a vase of flowers. To the left of the table there is a long-legged stand supporting a bowl . A woman accompanied by a little boy carries a tray bearing two cups towards the couple on the right, and on the far left another woman approaches carrying a screen fan. Under the spout there is a floral spray, and round the shoulder a border comprising a red line, a scalloped line and dots. On the outside of the handle there are two red trefoil leaves and five dots. The cover is decorated with the man seated beside the table, and the woman carrying a tray, surrounded by a border to match the pot. The flower knob has red-tipped petals, a yellow centre, and its leaves are green. object type: soft-paste porcelain teapot, transfer-printed in black and painted in polychrome enamels on both sides with a Chinese scene with a man seated and woman standing beside a table, a bowl on a stand, a woman and child, and a woman holding a fan 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 Ffowcs-Williams STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/208389 SUBJECTS ------------------- Chinaman Chinese lady Chinese boy fan table Chinaman Chinese lady Chinese boy fan table CATEGORIES ------ category: soft-paste porcelain category: teaware DATING ------ creation date: 1770 - 1770 creation date earliest: 1770 creation date latest: 1770 culture: 18th Century, third quarter# culture: George III CREATORS -------- maker: Worcester Porcelain Factory DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Height units: cm value: 13.6 dimension: Width units: cm value: 18.5 CITATIONS -------- British Teapots and Tea Drinking ---