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Factory: Worcester Porcelain Factory
Soft-paste porcelain, painted underglaze in blue, and decorated with flowers onglaze in polychrome enamels and gilt.
Soft-paste porcelain dish, decorated underglaze in blue, onglaze in polychrome enamels and gilding. Square with lobed corners and incurved wavy sides. Painted in the centre with a spray of coloured flowers. Round the rim there is a broad band of underglaze blue decorated with 'oeil-de-perdrix' gilding; below, a rococo scroll border with hanging swags of flowers and foliage in dark lilac; and on the edge, gilt dentilations.
Bequeathed by the Rev. A.V. Valentine-Richards
Diameter: 20.8 cm
Height: 4.2 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1933) by Valentine-Richards, A. V., The Rev
18th Century
George III
Production date:
circa
AD 1770
This square dish imitates the shape known in France as a compotier carré, and introduced at Vincennes in 1754. The dishes were used for fruit compote
Decoration composed of enamels ( polychrome) cobalt-blue gold
presumed lead
Lead-glaze
steatitic
Soft-paste porcelain
Moulding
: Soft-paste porcelain decorated underglaze in blue, onglaze in polychrome enamels and gilding
Glazing (coating)
Accession number: C.106-1933
Primary reference Number: 34311
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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