Current Location: Gallery 26 (Lower Marlay)
Maker(s)
Factory:
Worcester Porcelain Factory
Entities
Categories
Description
Soft-paste porcelain bottle vase, painted in polychrome enamels with Chinese decorations.
Soft-paste porcelain bottle vase, painted in blue, green, yellow, pink, dark pink, red, brown and black enamel colours. Hexagonal bottle-shape standing on a low hexagonal foot. Decorated on one side with a man standing in front of a fence with a pot of flowers at one end and a flowering tree and a plant at the other; overhead, one bird flying. On the other side, a floral spray. In a pair with C.50B-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 Fitwilliam Museum
Measurements and weight
Height: 12.1 cm
Place(s) associated
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Worcester
⪼ Worcestershire
⪼ England
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Allocated
(1990)
by
H.M. Government
Dating
18th Century, Mid#
George II
Circa
1752
-
1756
People, subjects and objects depicted
Components of the work
Decoration
composed of
enamels
( blue, green, yellow, pink, dark pink, red, brown and black)
Materials used in production
presumed lead
Lead-glaze
steatitic
Soft-paste porcelain
Techniques used in production
Lead-glazing
: Steatitic soft-paste porcelain painted in blue, green, yellow, pink, dark pink, red, brown and black enamel colours
References and bibliographic entries
Identification numbers
Accession number: C.50A-1992
Primary reference Number: 37209
Old object number: Statham Loan 18A-1970
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Saturday 6 August 2011
Updated: Tuesday 2 June 2020
Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
