Current Location: Gallery 26 (Lower Marlay)
Maker(s)
Factory:
West Pans Porcelain Manufactory
Potter:
Littler, William
Entities
Categories
Description
Soft-paste porcelain bowl and stand, painted in blue underglaze, and gilt, with moulded and applied decoration.
Soft-paste porcelain bowl and stand, moulded, and painted in blue underglaze, and gilt. The oval bowl has flared sides moulded with overlapping strawberry leaves and tendrils. The stand is similarly shaped with eight naturalistically moulded vine leaves forming the border. The leaves are painted in runny dark blue with an uncoloured vine leaf in reserve on either side of the bowl. Both pieces show traces of 'cold' (unfired) gilding.
Notes
History note: Puttick and Simpson, London, 17 January 1919, part of lot 101; bought for 15 guineas by Mr Stoner on behalf of Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Legal notes
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Place(s) associated
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed
(1928-12-07)
by
Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
Dating
18th Century, third quarter#
George III
Circa
1764
CE
-
1777
CE
Note
This bowl and stand was attributed to William Littler's factory at Longton Hall in Staffordshire, in Bernard Rackham's Catalogue of the Glaisher Collection . . . (1935). By 1998 it had been reattributed to his factory at West Pans in Scotland which was operating from 1764. It has been difficult to decide whether some types of Littler's porcelain was made in one or other factory, but scientific analysis of the cobalt used to produce the blue pigments may make it possible to do so more securely for this type of ware. See Documentation.
School or Style
Rococo
Components of the work
Decoration
composed of
cobalt-blue
gold
Stand
Height 2 cm
Width 18.7 cm
Bowl
Height 8 cm
Width 13.3 cm
Materials used in production
presumed lead
Lead-glaze
Soft-paste porcelain
Techniques used in production
Moulding
: Soft paste porcelain, moulded, and painted in blue underglaze, and gilt
Glazing (coating)
References and bibliographic entries
Related exhibitions
Identification numbers
Accession number: C.3090 & A-1928
Primary reference Number: 38194
Old object number: 3909
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Saturday 6 August 2011
Updated: Friday 15 December 2023
Last processed: Friday 15 December 2023
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
