Factory: Worcester Porcelain Factory
Soft-paste porcelain tea bowl and saucer, painted underglaze in blue, onglaze in polychrome enamels and gilt.
Soft-paste porcelain tea bowl and saucer, painted underglaze in blue, onglaze in red, turquoise, yellow, green, blue, pink and purple enamels and gilt. The circular cup has rounded fluted sides, with low footring and ear-shaped handle, with fluted saucer, en suite. The cup is painted in the inside with a landscape in a medallion, with turquoise husk border, the outside has three floral sprays, and insects. The rim is banded in underglaze blue, edged with C-scrolls and with a chain border, in gilt.
Bequeathed by the Rev. A.V. Valentine-Richards
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1933) by Valentine-Richards, A. V., The Rev
18th Century
George III
Circa
1770
-
1775
Decoration
composed of
enamels
( red, turquoise, yellow, green, blue, pink and purple)
cobalt-blue
gold
Tea Bowl
Diameter 10.0 cm
Height 4.7 cm
Saucer
Diameter 14.0 cm
Height 2.7 cm
presumed lead
Lead-glaze
steatitic
Soft-paste porcelain
Accession number: C.91 & A-1933
Primary reference Number: 34198
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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