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Factory: Worcester Porcelain Factory
Soft-paste porcelain leaf-shaped dish, decorated onglaze in polychrome enamels.
Soft-paste porcelain leaf-shaped dish, decorated onglaze in iron-red, pale yellow, green, blue, purple, grey and pink enamels. The dish is in the shape of two overlapping vine leaves with curved vinestock handle, moulded in shallow relief with naturalistic veins and tendrils, on triangular footring. In the centre is a coloured spray of flowers with two smaller sprigs and a leaf which masks an imperfection; these are superimposed on the overlapping leaves, which are edged in green shading to pale yellow, and veined in grey; the handle is painted in brown with touches of yellow.
History note: Unknown before donor, Mrs W.D. (Frances Louisa) Dickson, Bournemouth
Given by Mrs W.D. Dickson
Height: 5.4 cm
Width: 22.7 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1932) by Dickson, W. D. (Frances Louisa), Mrs
18th Century, Mid#
George III
Circa
1760
-
1765
Decoration composed of enamels ( iron-red, pale yellow, green, blue, purple, grey and pink)
presumed lead
Lead-glaze
steatitic
Soft-paste porcelain
Moulding
: Soft-paste porcelain decorated onglaze in iron-red, pale yellow, green, blue, purple, grey and pink enamels
Glazing (coating)
Accession number: C.133-1932
Primary reference Number: 33950
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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