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Factory: New Hall Porcelain Factory
Hybrid hard-paste porcelain painted in red and purple enamels, and gilded. Pattern no. 317
Hybrid hard-paste porcelain moulded, painted overglaze in red and purple enamels, and gilded. Of silver-shape with sloping panelled sides, an upward curving lip rising from the shoulder, and high loop handle. Below the shoulder there is a wide border of gold and red flowers with purple leaves with a narrow horizontal band below and a wider band above. On each side of the shoulder there is a gold sprig, and below the lip an arrangement of stylized gold foliage. A gold line runs around the upper edge and down both sides of the handle and another encircles the inside of the upper edge, then joins at the back to run down the centre of the handle. Another gold band encircles the body a little way up from the lower edge. The glaze on the base of the interior is speckled with grey.
History note: Unknown before Kennth Henry Bolton; his widow, Hazel E. Bolton
Given by Hazel E. Bolton in memory of her late husband, Kenneth Henry Bolton
Height: 11 cm
Length: 11.6 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (2017-11-20) by Bolton, Hazel Elizabeth, Mrs
18th Century, Late
George III
Circa
1790
CE
-
1800
CE
Decoration
composed of
enamel
( red and purple)
gold
Base
Length 6 cm
presumed lead-glaze
Glaze
Hard-paste porcelain
Inscription present: circular white paper stick-on label
Inscription present: circular white paper stick-on label
Accession number: C.38-2017
Primary reference Number: 222896
Entry Form Number: 1338
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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