IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 37029 accession number: C.45-1978 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Thursday 4 August 2016 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Soft-paste porcelain jardinière, painted underglaze in blue. The jardinière is of octagonal shape, with high rounded sides, and thick everted rim, the base pierced with a central hole. The eight upright panels are painted alternatley with a phoenix perched in a flowering tree, and a flowering oriental shrub bearing quince-like fruit. The rim is painted with a 'honeycomb' diaper border. object type: Soft-paste porcelain jardinière, painted with birds and trees underglaze in blue. title: jardinière (container) NOTES ----- type: history note value: On loan to the museum since 1969 LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts creditline: Given by Lady N. Barlow STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/37029 SUBJECTS ------------------- phoenix tree shrub quince phoenix tree shrub quince TECHNIQUES ---------- glazing (coating) CATEGORIES ------ category: soft-paste porcelain DATING ------ creation date: 1760 - 1760 creation date earliest: 1760 creation date latest: 1760 culture: 18th Century, Mid# culture: George III CREATORS -------- maker: Worcester Porcelain Factory DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Diameter units: cm value: 33.5 dimension: Height units: cm value: 27.5 CITATIONS -------- Worcester Blue and White Porcelain 1751-1790 The Illustrated Guide to Worcester Porcelain, 1751-1793 Rous Lench Collection including British Pottery and Porcelain, Ducth Delft ..., 29th May 1990 ---