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Lozenge-shaped dish. Hard paste, greyish, porcelain, painted underglaze in blue and overglaze in red enamel and gold. Lozenge shaped with shallow reverse fluted curved sides with a slightly everted and scalloped rim, standing on a low tapering footring. The rim is gilded. The inside is decorated round the edge with a border of toothed leaves reserved on a red and gold ground; the centre is painted with a sprig of three chestnuts and a gold fruit case. The outside has two symmetrical and two assymetrical scroll motifs in underglaze blue with novel flowers and leaves, carefully painted and three circles around the foot.
History note: Unknown before donor
Given by Miss Irene Finch
Height: 3.4 cm
Width: 19.3 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1998-10-12) by Finch, Irene, Miss
18th Century, Mid#
Circa
1740
-
1760
Decoration composed of enamel ( red) gold
Accession number: C.39-1998
Primary reference Number: 28741
Irene Finch collection: 85/161
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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