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Factory:
Worcester Porcelain Factory
Engraver:
Hancock, Robert
Soft-paste porcelain sugar bowl and cover, transfer-printed in black with 'May Day', 'The Milkmaids' and a pastoral scene on the bowl, and three prints of ruins and trees on the cover.
Soft-paste porcelain sugarbowl and cover, transfer-printed onglaze in black. Circular with deep sides, standing on a footring; cover with double curve, surmounted by a flower knop with a stem and two leaves; interior flange. Decorated on the bowl with 'May Day', 'The Milkmaids' and a pastoral scene of a cowherd behind a standing cow, a recumbent cow, and another being milked in the distance. On the cover, three prints of ruins and trees. Black line round rim of both.
Given by Ralph Griffin, MA, FSA
Height: 12.5 cm
Width: 12.0 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1918) by Griffin, Ralph, MA, FSA
18th Century, Mid#
George III
Production date:
circa
AD 1765
Decoration composed of enamel ( black)
presumed lead
Lead-glaze
Soft-paste porcelain
Glazing (coating) : Soft-paste porcelain, transfer-printed onglaze in black
Accession number: C.88 & A-1918
Primary reference Number: 32906
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Sugar bowl" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/32906 Accessed: 2024-04-19 23:54:07
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Accession Number: C.1884 & A-1928
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