Factory: Worcester Porcelain Factory
Soft-paste porcelain basket, moulded and painted with flowers underglaze in blue and onglaze in polychrome enamels, and gilt.
Soft-paste porcelain, moulded and painted underglaze in blue and onglaze in red, yellow, green, purple and pink enamels, and gilt. The quatrelobed oval basket has high honeycomb-moulded sides, each 'cell' outlined in yellow and enclosing a pink quatrefoil florette. The two stalk handles have applied naturalistically coloured narcissus flower and leaf terminals. The interior is painted with coloured flowers reserved within gilt rococo scroll-edged panels on a blue-scale ground. The cover (C.22-1931) and stand (C.21-1931) are painted en suite and the pierced sides are moulded with arcaded basketwork.
History note: Unknown before donor, Mrs W.D. (Frances Louisa) Dickson
Given by Mrs W.D. Dickson
Height: 8.0 cm
Length: 21.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1931) by Dickson, W. D. (Frances Louisa), Mrs
18th Century
George III
Circa
1770
-
1775
Decoration composed of enamels ( red, yellow, green purple and pink) cobalt-blue gold
presumed lead
Lead-glaze
steatitic
Soft-paste porcelain
Moulding
: Soft-paste porcelain, moulded and painted underglaze in blue and onglaze in red, yellow, green, purple and pink enamels, and gilt
Glazing (coating)
Accession number: C.20-1931
Primary reference Number: 33123
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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