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Factory: Worcester Porcelain Factory
Soft-paste porcelain sugar bowl and cover, decorated underglaze in powder-blue, and with flowers onglaze in polychrome enamels and gilt.
Soft-paste porcelain sugar bowl and cover, decorated underglaze in powder-blue, onglaze in polychrome enamels and gilt. Circular with deep sides, curving inwards to the footring; domed cover with flower knob on a stem with three leaves. Powder-blue ground reserved with three fan shaped panels containing polychrome exotic birds amid foliage, edged by gilt lines and floral sprays, separated by three circular medallions containing moths edged by gilt circles. The cover is decorated en suite but with one moth and two smaller insects in the circular reserves. The flower is powder-blue and gold inside and yellow and puce outside. A gilt band encircles the edge.
History note: Collection of Miss A. de la Perelle, Jersey.
Bequeathed by Christobel Evelyn Fuller
Diameter: 11.2 cm
Height: 12.3 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 ( polychrome) powder-blue gold
presumed lead
Lead-glaze
steatitic
Soft-paste porcelain
Accession number: C.5.2 & A-1965
Primary reference Number: 37021
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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