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Factory: New Hall Porcelain Factory
Hybrid hard-paste porcelain painted underglaze in mazarine blue with vine leaves, bunches of grapes and tendrils, and gilded. Pattern no. ‘631’ painted in red.
Hard-paste porcelain moulded and painted under presumed lead-glaze in mazarine blue and gilded. Oval with curved sides, and two strap handles which rise upwards before descending to join the lower part of the sides. Inside the top there is a ledge to support the cover. The oval cover rises steeply to the middle where there is a hole, covered by the oval conical knob. The sides of the bowl are decorated with pattern 631 comprising sprays of vine leaves, tendrils and bunches of grapes, and there are gold bands round the lower edge, the top, and the sides of the handles, which also have a longitudinal gold stripe. The cover is decorated en suite but with smaller sprays. It has a wide gold band round the edge and gold knob.
History note: Kenneth Henry Bolton; his widow Hazel E. Bolton
Given by Hazel E. Bolton in memory of her husband Kenneth Henry Bolton
Height: 12.1 cm
Length: 18.8 cm
Width: 10.6 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (2017-11-20) by Bolton, Hazel Elizabeth, Mrs
19th Century, Early#
George III
Circa
1800
CE
-
1812
CE
New Hall is described as hybrid hard-paste porcelain because although it has a hard-paste body, it has a lead-glaze fired at a lower temperature
Decoration
composed of
cobalt
Decorastion
presumed lead-glaze
Lead-glaze
Hard-paste porcelain
Moulding
: Hard-paste porcelain, moulded, and transfer-printed underglaze in blue
Glazing
Accession number: C.41 & A-2017
Primary reference Number: 222900
Entry Form number: 1338
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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