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Factory: Worcester Porcelain Factory
Soft-paste porcelain leaf dish, painted in polychrome enamels.
Soft-paste porcelain leaf dish, moulded and painted in polychrome enamel colours. In the shape of two overlapping cabbage leafs, standing on an oval footring. The veins and part of the end of one leaf are coloured pale mauve; the rest of the surface is decorated with a large bouquet of flowers, four medium-sized sprays of flowers, four floral sprigs and three detached leaves.
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
Bequeathed by Miss Statham, accepted by H.M. Government in lieu of Inheritance Tax and allocated to the Fitzwilliam Museum
Length: 35.1 cm
Width: 24.8 cm
Method of acquisition: Allocated (1990) by H.M. Government
18th Century, third quarter#
George III
Production date:
circa
AD 1770
Decoration composed of enamels ( polychrome)
presumed lead
Lead-glaze
steatitic
Soft-paste porcelain
Moulding
: Steatitic soft-paste porcelain, moulded and painted in polychrome enamel colours
Glazing (coating)
Accession number: C.49-1992
Primary reference Number: 37208
Old object number: Statham Loan 17-1970
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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