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Vase: C.47A-1992

Object information

Current Location: Gallery 26 (Lower Marlay)

Maker(s)

Factory: Worcester Porcelain Factory

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Description

Soft-paste porcelain vase, painted onglaze in blue, green, yellow, red, puce, purple and black enamels.

Soft-paste porcelain vase, painted onglaze in blue, green, yellow, red, puce, purple and black enamels. Fluted baluster form with flared and scalloped neck and spreading base. The lower part of the vase is decorated with a flowering branch rising from a rock, with a flying insect above; the neck is decorated with a bird. On the back is a floral spray and an insect on the lower part and a smaller spray on the neck. In a garniture of three vases (with C.47B-1992 and C.47C-1992).

Notes

History note: Dr and Mrs Hugh Statham; Dr Statham died 1967; Mrs Statham died 1970; their daughter, Miss Beryl Statham by whom lent anonymously in 1970. Bequeathed by Miss Statham, 1990, accepted by H.M. Government in lieu of Inheritance Tax and allocated to the Fitzwilliam Museum.

Legal notes

Bequeathed by Miss Statham, accepted, by H.M. Government in lieu of Inheritance Tax and allocated to the Fitzwilliam Museum

Measurements and weight

Height: 18.3 cm

Place(s) associated

  • Worcester ⪼ Worcestershire ⪼ England

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Allocated (1990) by H.M. Government

Dating

18th Century, Mid#
George II
Production date: circa AD 1752

Note

The concensus of opinion is that these vases are Worcester, as no evidence has emerged for coloured decoration at Lund and Miller's Bristol factory.

Components of the work

Decoration composed of enamels ( blue, green, yellow, red, puce, purple and black)

Materials used in production

presumed lead Lead-glaze
steatitic Soft-paste porcelain

Techniques used in production

Glazing (coating) : Soft-paste porcelain, painted onglaze in blue, green, yellow, red, puce, purple and black enamels

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.47A-1992
Primary reference Number: 37118
Old object number: Statham Loan 15-1970
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 9 August 2016 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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