Factory: Barr, Flight and Barr
Soft-paste porcelain cup, painted with The Four Elements in a deep salmon-pink/orange ground, bat-printed in black, and gilt.
Soft-paste porcelain cup, painted overglaze with a deep salmon-pink/orange ground, bat-printed in black, and gilt. The tea cup 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 three octagonal panels containing classical deities, Neptune, June, and Jupiter, representative of three of The Four Elements, bat-printed in black.
History note: Unknown before donor
Given by Ralph Griffin, MA, FSA
Method of acquisition: Given (1918-08-28) 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.96H-1918
Primary reference Number: 37302
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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