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Dish: C.13-2009

Object information

Current Location: Gallery 28 - Arts of Asia Gallery

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown

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Description

Porcelain armorial dish, painted in enamels and gilt. The arms are Lethieullier of Kent and Middlesex

Notes

History note: This server was made for William Lethieullier of Beckenham, who married Mary Salkeld as his second wife. He was the second son of Sir John Lethieullier of Lewisham and cousin of Christopher Lethieullier - a director of the Bank - who died in 1736, and whose daughter married Sir Richard Hopkins

Legal notes

Given by Miss Jane Sandeman

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (2009) by Sandeman, Jane

Dating

Yongzheng (1723-1735)
18th Century
1723 - 1735

Materials used in production

Enamels
Gilt
Porcelain

Techniques used in production

Enamelling
Gilding

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: Argent a chevron gules between three parrots’ head couped vert beaked of the second; crest, A parrot proper; impaling Salkeld, Vert a fret argent
  • Type: Coat-of-arms

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.13-2009
Primary reference Number: 209160
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Audit data

Created: Monday 11 July 2016 Updated: Tuesday 16 February 2021 Last processed: Wednesday 13 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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