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Factory: Worcester Porcelain Factory
Soft-paste porcelain cream jug, transfer-printed in grey and painted with Chinese figures in polychrome enamels and gilt.
Soft-paste porcelain cream jug, transfer-printed in grey and painted in iron-red, yellow, green, blue and black and gilt. The pear-shaped jug has a sparrow-beak spout and grooved loop handle. The sides are decorated with Chinoiserie figures: on one side, two ladies, one seated at a table, the other, two standing ladies and a boy. The scenes are separated by tall panels of flowers in black and iron-red, with gilt diaper vignettes above and below.
Given by Ralph Griffin, MA, FSA
Height: 10.0 cm
Width: 7.7 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1918) by Griffin, Ralph, MA, FSA
18th Century, Mid#
George III
Circa
1760
CE
-
Circa
1765
CE
Decoration
composed of
enamels
( iron-red, yellow, green, blue and black)
gold
Body
presumed lead
Lead-glaze
steatitic
Soft-paste porcelain
Accession number: C.73-1918
Primary reference Number: 32871
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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