Current Location: Gallery 26 (Lower Marlay)
Maker(s)
Factory:
Worcester Porcelain Factory
Entities
Categories
Description
Soft-paste porcelain plate, painted onglaze with the 'Blind Earl' pattern in polychrome enamels, and gilt.
Soft-paste porcelain plate, moulded in relief and painted onglaze in red, yellow, green, 'dry-blue', brown, purple and pink enamels, and gilt. The circular plate has an out-turned scalloped rim with twenty four intersections, deep well, and stands on a footring. Decorated with the 'Blind Earl' pattern, the rose bud and leaves naturalistically coloured and surrounded by small sprigs of flowers, the rim with gilt C-scroll border.
Legal notes
Given by Mrs Laurence Humphry
Measurements and weight
Diameter: 19.5 cm
Height: 2.8 cm
Place(s) associated
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Worcester
⪼ Worcestershire
⪼ England
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Given
(1915)
by
Humphry, Lawrence, Mrs.
Dating
18th Century, Mid#
George III
Circa
1760
-
1765
Components of the work
Decoration
composed of
enamels
( red, yellow, green, 'dry-blue', brown, purple and pink)
gold
Materials used in production
presumed lead
Lead-glaze
steatitic
Soft-paste porcelain
Techniques used in production
Moulding
: Soft-paste porcelain, moulded in relief and painted onglaze in red, yellow, green, 'dry-blue', brown, purple and pink enamels, and gilt
Glazing (coating)
Inscription or legends present
Inscription present: a circle incised near the footring
- Text: O
- Location: Near the footring
- Method of creation: Incised
- Type: Mark
References and bibliographic entries
Identification numbers
Accession number: C.29-1915
Primary reference Number: 32839
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Saturday 6 August 2011
Updated: Friday 26 July 2019
Last processed: Wednesday 13 December 2023
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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