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Factory: New Hall Porcelain Factory
Hybrid hard-paste porcelain painted in polychrome enamels with Chinoiserie scenes. Pattern no. 20.
Hybrid hard-paste porcelain painted in blue, two-shades of green, yellow, red, dark pink, pinkish-purple, and black enamels. The circular cup has deep curved sides and stands on a footring. The saucer has deep curved sides and stands on a footring. The cup is decorated on one side with a lady holding a parasol and a boy walking towards her holding a windmill and a flower with a fence behind them. On the right there is a plant in a pot and a small pine bush, and on the left a plant with a blue flower. On the other side there is a mound of grasses and five birds in the sky. Inside the rim is a border comprising a red line, a mauve scalloped line with blue flowers on the points and a dark pink spots on the curves. In the middle there is a small green plant with a purple bud. The saucer is decorated inside with the same figures and flanking motifs on a larger scale, and has a matching border round the rim. Pattern no. 20.
History note: Not known before Kenneth Henry Bolton; his widow, Hazel E. Bolton
Given by Hazel E. Bolton in memory of her late husband Kenneth Henry Bolton
Method of acquisition: Given (2017-11-20) by Bolton, Hazel Elizabeth, Mrs
18th Century, Late
George III
Circa
1785
CE
-
1800
CE
Decoration
composed of
enamel
( blue, two-shades of green, yellow, red, dark pink, pinkish-purple, and black)
Saucer
Diameter 13 cm
Height 3.4 cm
Cup
Diameter 8.1 cm
Height 4.8 cm
presumed lead-glaze
Glaze
Hard-paste porcelain
Glazing : Hybrid porcelain painted overglaze in blue, two-shades of green, yellow, red, dark pink, pinkish-purple, and black enamels.
Inscription present: circular white paper stick-on label inscribed in blue biro
Inscription present: circular white paper stick-on label inscribed in blue biro
Inscription present: circular white stick-on label inscribed in blue biro
Inscription present: circular white stick-on label inscribed in blue biro
Inscription present: circular white paper stick-on label
Accession number: C.37 & A-2017
Primary reference Number: 222890
Entry Form number: 1338
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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