Factory: Worcester Porcelain Factory
Soft-paste porcelain mug, painted with Chinese scenes in onglaze polychrome enamels.
Soft-paste porcelain mug, thrown, painted in onglaze yellow, pink, green, blue, grey and brown enamels. The waisted cylindrical mug has a wide spreading base, slightly flared rim, and a grooved strap handle with kick terminal. It is painted in famille-rose style with a Chinese lady seated at a table, a further standing figure flanked by a garden seat to one side, and a tall table in the background.
Given by Ralph Griffin, MA, FSA
Height: 9.3 cm
Width: 10.0 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1918) by Griffin, Ralph, MA, FSA
18th Century, Mid#
George II
Circa
1754
-
1758
A note on the original catalogue sheet mentions that Mrs F.L. Dixon thought this mug was 'possibly Bow' in 1922
Decoration
composed of
enamels
( yellow, pink, green, blue, grey and brown)
Body
presumed lead
Lead-glaze
steatitic
Soft-paste porcelain
Accession number: C.70-1918
Primary reference Number: 32865
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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