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Factory: Worcester Porcelain Factory
Soft-paste porcelain shell sweetmeat stand, painted with exotic birds in leafy landscapes in polychrome enamels and gilt.
Soft-paste porcelain sweetmeat stand, moulded, painted in red, yellow, green, purple and puce enamels and gilt. The three shell-shaped dishes are supported on a tri-lobed hollow base, encrusted with naturallistically moulded shells and coral, with a central conch shell, which forms the handle. Each of the shell-dishes is painted with an exotic bird in a leafy landscape, with the shells, coral and seaweed painted in naturalistic colours.
History note: Puttick & Simpson, 8 October 1920, lot 108, £4 14s 6d
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 10.4 cm
Width: 16.0 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, third quarter#
George III
Production date:
circa
AD 1770
Shell sweetmeat dishes of many different designs were made by English porcelain factories. This was formerly attributed to Plymouth, which made hard-paste porcelain
Decoration composed of enamels ( red, yellow, green, purple and puce) gold
presumed lead
Lead-glaze
steatitic
Soft-paste porcelain
Moulding
: Soft-paste porcelain, moulded, glazed, and painted in red, yellow, green, purple and puce enamels and gilt
Glazing (coating)
Inscription present: rectangular label with incurved top corners and double blue blue line round the sides and top where on each side is a motif similar to a fleur-de-lys
Accession number: C.3136-1928
Primary reference Number: 33101
Old object number: 3805
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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