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Factory: Worcester Porcelain Factory
Soft-paste porcelain tea caddy and cover, decorated with scroll and floral garlands underglaze in blue, onglaze in polychrome enamels, and gilt.
Soft-paste porcelain tea caddy and cover, decorated underglaze in blue, onglaze in iron-red, green, pink, purple and turquoise enamels, and gilt. The tea caddy is ovoid with fluted sides, a circular splayed footring and a cylindrical neck. The high domed cover is fluted and has a flower knob. The shoulders are decorated with a scalloped band of underglaze blue with a gilt dentil collar above and edged below with gilt C-scrolls from which hang three floral garlands in coloured enamels; above the footring there is a gilt scroll-edges turquoise border, caillouté in black with a gilt band below. The cover (A) is decorated en suite and the flower knob is picked out in gold.
History note: Unknown before donor, Mrs W.D. (Frances Louisa) Dickson, Bournemouth
Given by Mrs W.D. Dickson
Height: 16.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1932) by Dickson, W. D. (Frances Louisa), Mrs
18th Century, Mid#
George III
Production date:
circa
AD 1770
Decoration composed of enamels ( iron-red, green, pink, purple and turquoise) cobalt-blue gold
presumed lead
Lead-glaze
steatitic
Soft-paste porcelain
Inscription present: script 'W'
Inscription present: circular
Accession number: C.18 & A-1932
Primary reference Number: 33139
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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