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Factory: Chamberlain's Worcester Porcelain Factory
Soft-paste porcelain cup and saucer, painted with vases of flowers, spirals of husks and acanthus leaves separated by scrolls, in polychrome enamels and gilt.
Soft-paste porcelain cup and saucer, painted in polychrome enamels and gilt. The cylindrical cup has a high handle of swan's neck shape; the saucer has deep, slightly rounded sides and a recessed base with a wedge-shaped edge. The cup is decorated in gilding with alternate spirals of husks and acanthus leaves separated by scrolls on a seeded ground, with below, a band of spiral gadroons and a band of beading at the bottom. On the front there is a gilt-edged panel reserved with a basket of coloured flowers on a marble slab. The saucer is decorated en suite with two panels of flowers.
Given by Ralph Griffin, MA, FSA
Method of acquisition: Given (1918) by Griffin, Ralph, MA, FSA
19th Century, Early#
George III
Circa
1800
-
1810
Enamels
composed of
enamels
( polychrome)
Decoration
composed of
gilt
Saucer
Diameter 12.5 cm
Height 3.0 cm
Cup
Height 8.7 cm
Length 9.0 cm
presumed lead
Lead-glaze
Soft-paste porcelain
Glazing (coating) : Soft-paste porcelain painted in polychrome enamels and gilt
Accession number: C.101 & A-1918
Primary reference Number: 37443
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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