Factory: Limehouse Porcelain Manufactory
Soft-paste porcelain dish, painted underglaze in blue with Chinese figures.
Soft-paste porcelain painted underglaze in blue. The octagonal dish has a deep oval well and stands on a wedge-shaped footring. It is painted in the centre with two Chinese figures flanking a table in a garden. The rim is painted with four trailing flower sprays.
Given by Mrs W.D. Dickson
Height: 2.5 cm
Width: 21.4 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1932) by Dickson, W. D. (Frances Louisa), Mrs
18th Century, Mid#
George II
Circa
1745
CE
-
1748
CE
Formerly attributed to Liverpool by Dr Bernard M. Watney, 24.10.1964, but re-attributed by him to Limehouse, 17.03.1992, following the excavation at Limehouse. Limehouse is situated 2½ miles east of London Bridge.
Decoration composed of cobalt-blue
presumed lead
Lead-glaze
Soft-paste porcelain
Accession number: C.77-1932
Primary reference Number: 37869
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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