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Worcester Porcelain Factory
Engraver:
Müller, Johann Sebastian
(Taken from)
Pannini, Giovanni Paolo
(After)
Engraver:
Hancock, Robert
Soft-paste porcelain saucer, transfer-printed onglaze in purple, painted in polychrome enamels with 'The Temple of Minerva Medica' and gilt.
Soft-paste porcelain saucer, transfer-printed onglaze in purple, painted in blue, green, yellow, reddish-brown and gilt. Circular with shallow curved sides, standing on a footring. The 'Temple of Minerva Medica'. A purple band encircles the rim.
Bequeathed by W.S. Hadley
Diameter: 11.7 cm
Height: 2.0 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1927) by Hadley, W. S.
18th Century
George III
Circa
1765
-
Circa
1770
The obelisk and the temple were taken from an engraving by J.S. Müller (in London 1744-60) after Giovanni Paolo Pannini. See documentation.
Decoration composed of enamels ( blue, green, yellow, reddish-brown) gold
presumed lead
Lead-glaze
steatitic
Soft-paste porcelain
Glazing (coating) : Soft-paste porcelain, transfer-printed onglaze in purple, painted in blue, green, yellow, reddish-brown enamel colours and gilt
Accession number: C.42-1927
Primary reference Number: 33072
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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