Factory: Worcester Porcelain Factory
Soft-paste porcelain bottle vase, painted in polychrome enamels, with Chinese decoration.
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, two flying birds. On the other side, a floral spray. In a pair with C.50A-1992.
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
Height: 11.9 cm
Method of acquisition: Allocated (1990) by H.M. Government
18th Century, Mid#
George II
Circa
1752
-
1756
Decoration composed of enamels ( blue, green, yellow, pink, dark pink, red, brown and black)
presumed lead
Lead-glaze
steatitic
Soft-paste porcelain
Glazing (coating) : Steatitic soft-paste porcelain painted in blue, green, yellow, pink, dark pink, red, brown and black enamel colours
Accession number: C.50B-1992
Primary reference Number: 37211
Old object number: Statham Loan 18B-1970
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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