Factory: Worcester Porcelain Factory
Soft-paste porcelain tureen, cover and stand, painted with flowers in polychrome onglaze enamels, and gilt.
Soft-paste porcelain tureen, cover and stand, painted in red, yellow, green, blue, purple, pink and 'dry-blue' onglaze enamels, and gilt. The tureen is of oval quatrefoil shape, with two crabstock handles with floral terminals. The stand is of similar shape, with gadroon-moulded rim; the cover en suite, surmounted by a single stalk handle. The tureen is painted with sprays and sprigs of flowers, the handles and floral terminals naturalistically coloured. The stand and cover are painted en suite, the gadrooned rims picked out in blue and gilt.
History note: Unknown before donor, Mrs W.D. (Frances Louisa) Dickson, Bournemouth
Given by Mrs W.D. Dickson
Method of acquisition: Given (1932) by Dickson, W. D. (Frances Louisa), Mrs
18th Century, Mid#
George III
Circa
1765
-
1770
Decoration
composed of
enamels
( red, yellow, green, blue, purple, pink and 'dry-blue')
gold
Stand
Height 3.5 cm
Length 21.0 cm
Cover
Height 6.5 cm
Length 15.5 cm
Tureen
Height 7.0 cm
Length 17.3 cm
presumed lead
Lead-glaze
steatitic
Soft-paste porcelain
Glazing (coating) : Soft-paste porcelain, painted in red, yellow, green, blue, purple, pink and 'dry-blue' onglaze enamels, and gilt
Accession number: C.131 & A & B-1932
Primary reference Number: 33865
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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