Current Location: In storage
Maker(s)
Factory:
Worcester Porcelain Factory
Entities
Categories
Description
Soft-paste porcelain salad bowl, painted in Imari style with the 'Old Japan Fan Pattern' underglaze in blue, onglaze in red and green enamels, and gilt.
Soft-paste porcelain salad bowl, painted underglaze in blue, onglaze in red and green enamels, and gilt. The bowl is of quatrelobed square shape, with rounded sides, on a low footring. It is painted in Imari style with the 'Old Japan Fan Pattern' on the inside with four half chrysanthemum roundels, petalled alternately in underglaze - blue, red and green, and gilt with leaves and diapers, separated by four blue medallions with gilt trellis-work. The centre has a large chrysanthemum head, and the outside is decorated en suite.
Notes
History note: Unknown before donor, Mrs W.D. (Frances Louisa) Dickson, Bournemouth
Legal notes
Given by Mrs W.D. Dickson
Measurements and weight
Diameter: 24 cm
Height: 10.2 cm
Place(s) associated
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Worcester
⪼ Worcestershire
⪼ England
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Given
(1932)
by
Dickson, W. D. (Frances Louisa), Mrs
Dating
18th Century
George III
Circa
1765
-
1770
Components of the work
Decoration
composed of
enamels
( red and green)
cobalt-blue
gold
Materials used in production
presumed lead
Lead-glaze
steatitic
Soft-paste porcelain
Techniques used in production
Glazing (coating)
Inscription or legends present
Inscription present: pseudo-Chinese character marks, within two concentric circles
- Method of creation: In underglaze blue
- Type: Mark
Inscription present: rectangular printed label of 'T. RUDD Antiques, 106, High St., Southampton', and with '80d £aa Worcester' in script
- Text: 'T. RUDD Antiques, 106, High St., Southampton' and '80d £aa Worcester'
- Method of creation: In print and script
- Type: Label
References and bibliographic entries
Identification numbers
Accession number: C.136-1932
Primary reference Number: 34095
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Saturday 6 August 2011
Updated: Thursday 22 October 2020
Last processed: Wednesday 13 December 2023
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
