Factory:
Worcester Porcelain Factory
Engraver:
Billinge, Thomas
(Probably)
Painter:
Frye, Thomas
(After)
Soft-paste porcelain mug, transfer-printed onglaze in black with a bust of Queen Charlotte.
Soft-paste porcelain mug, transfer-printed onglaze in black. The cylindrical mug is slightly flared at the foot and rim, and has a ribbed strap handle. It stands on a flattened footring. The mug is printed with a bust of Queen Charlotte flanked on either side by rococo scrollwork supporting a ribbon, which reads CHARLOTTE QUEEN OF GREAT BRITAIN.
History note: Unknown before donor, Mrs W.D. (Frances Louisa) Dickson, Bournemouth
Given by Mrs W.D. Dickson
Height: 8.5 cm
Length: 9.5 cm
Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.
Method of acquisition: Given (1950) by Dickson, W. D. (Frances Louisa), Mrs
Mid-18th Century
George III
Production date:
circa
AD 1763
The print is after a portrait in oils attributed to Thomas Frye (1710-62), and taken from a mezzotint by him of 1762. The copper plate for the transfer-print was probably engraved by Thomas Billinge of Liverpool. It also occurs with the signature 'I.Sadler, Liverpool'.
Decoration composed of enamel ( black)
presumed lead
Lead-glaze
steatitc
Soft-paste porcelain
Glazing (coating) : Soft-paste porcelain, transfer-printed onglaze in black
Accession number: C.108-1950
Primary reference Number: 36813
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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