Factory: Worcester Porcelain Factory
Soft-paste porcelain tea bowl and saucer, painted with flowers underglaze in blue, and onglaze in iron-red and turquoise enamels, and gilt.
Soft-paste porcelain tea bowl and saucer, painted underglaze in blue, and onglaze in iron-red and turquoise enamels, and gilt. The circular tea bowl has rounded sides, and stands on a low footring, the shallow saucer is of similar shape. The sides of the tea bowl are painted in Imari style with four vertical gros-bleu panels reserved with a red-mons on a floral or diaper ground, alternating with four panels with a gros-bleu mons, on a ground painted with a flowering tree or trellis diaper, the interior with a central medallion enclosing an oriental flower spray, the saucer is decorated en suite.
History note: Unknown before donor, Mrs W.D. Dickson, Bournemouth
Given by Mrs W.D. Dickson
Method of acquisition: Given (1932) by Dickson, W. D. (Frances Louisa), Mrs
18th Century
George III
Circa
1760
-
1770
Decoration
composed of
enamels
( iron-red and turquoise)
cobalt-blue
gold
Saucer
Diameter 12.0 cm
Height 2.5 cm
Tea Bowl
Diameter 7.5 cm
Height 4.0 cm
presumed lead
Lead-glaze
steatitic
Soft-paste porcelain
Accession number: C.128 & A-1932
Primary reference Number: 33847
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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