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Factory: Worcester Porcelain Factory
Soft-paste porcelain teapot and cover, decorated underglaze in powder-blue, and with flowers onglaze in polychrome enamels and gilt.
Soft-paste porcelain teapot and cover, decorated underglaze in powder-blue, onglaze in polychrome enamels and gilt. Globular with curved spout and loop handle; shallow domed with conical finial. Powder-blue ground reserved with two fan-shaped panels containing exotic birds amid leafy branches in iron-red, puce, yellow and green, and eight circular medallions containing moths and other insects, all edged by gilt lines and sprays of flowers and foliage; puce rococo scrolls on the spout and handle. The cover is decorated en suite with a gilt band round the edge; the knob is decorated with gilt arrowheads and dots.
History note: A. de la Perelle, Magnolia, Millbrook, Jersey
Bequeathed by Christobel Evelyn Fuller
Height: 13.7 cm
Length: 18.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1965-11-25) by Fuller, Christobel Evelyn
18th Century
George III
Circa
1765
-
1770
See correspondence of 26th October, 1976 from Miss A. de la Perelle, Jersey relating to the history of the piece.
Decoration composed of enamels ( iron-red, puce, yellow and green) powder-blue gold
presumed lead
Lead-glaze
steatitic
Soft-paste porcelain
Inscription present: a label stuck on the base is inscribed
Accession number: C.5.1 & A-1965
Primary reference Number: 37020
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Teapot" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/37020 Accessed: 2024-11-04 17:57:26
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