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Saucer dish: C.96C-1918

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Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Factory: Barr, Flight and Barr

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Description

Soft-paste porcelain saucer dish, painted with The Four Elements in a deep salmon-pink/orange ground, bat-printed in black, and gilt.

Soft-paste porcelain saucer, painted with a deep salmon-pink/orange ground, bat-printed in black, and gilt. The saucer dish (C), is of circular shape with waisted base to the sloping sides. It is decorated with a salmon-pink border gilt with a vermicular pattern, and banded in gilt, reserved with octagonal panels containing classical deities representative of The Four Elements, bat-printed in black.

Legal notes

Given by Ralph Griffin, Ma , FSA

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 20 cm
Height: 3 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1918) by Griffin, Ralph, MA, FSA

Dating

19th Century, Early
George III
Circa 1804 CE - 1813 CE

Components of the work

Decoration composed of enamel ( black, salmon-pink/orange ground) gold

Materials used in production

presumed lead Lead-glaze
Soft-paste porcelain

Techniques used in production

Glazing (coating) : Soft-paste porcelain painted with a deep salmon-pink/orange ground, bat-printed in black, and gilt

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.96C-1918
Primary reference Number: 37298

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 30 April 2024

Associated departments & institutions

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

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