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Factory: Barr, Flight and Barr
Soft-paste porcelain tea cup, painted with The Four Elements in a deep salmon-pink/orange ground, bat-printed in black, and gilt.
Soft-paste porcelain tea cup, painted with a deep salmon-pink/orange ground, bat-printed in black, and gilt. The tea cup (D), is of circular shape with waisted base to the sloping sides. It has a circular ring handle with scroll terminal. 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.
Given by Ralph Griffin, MA, FSA
Method of acquisition: Given (1918) by Griffin, Ralph, MA, FSA
19th Century, Early#
George III
Circa
1804
CE
-
1813
CE
Decoration
composed of
enamel
( black, salmon-pink/orange ground)
gold
Tea Cup
Height 6.0 cm
presumed lead
Lead-glaze
Soft-paste porcelain
Accession number: C.96F-1918
Primary reference Number: 37300
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Tea cup" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/37300 Accessed: 2024-11-05 14:40:21
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