Factory:
West Pans Porcelain Manufactory
Potter:
Littler, William
Soft-paste porcelain teabowl, decorated underglaze in blue.
Soft-paste porcelain teabowl, moulded, and painted in blue underglaze. The circular tea bowl has curved sides, moulded with three oval panels edged with flower wreath tied with ribbon bows, on a ribbed ground, the ground covered in runny dark blue applied underglaze.
History note: Mr Stoner, London, from whom bought, together with another tea bowl C.3092A-1928 and a teapot C.3091 & A-1928, for £19 on 11 October, 1918, by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 4.9 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, third quarter#
George III
Circa
1764
CE
-
1777
CE
The cup was attributed to Longton Hall on its acquisition by Dr Glaisher.
Decoration
composed of
cobalt-blue
( the term 'Littler's blue' used in an earlier description was changed for 'dark blue applied underglaze' because Littler's blue' is usually applied to Staffordshire white salt-glazed stoneware and was produced by a different technique)
Rim
Diameter 8.8 cm
presumed lead
Lead-glaze
Soft-paste porcelain
Moulding
: Soft-paste porcelain, moulded, and painted in underglaze blue
Glazing (coating)
Accession number: C.3092B-1928
Primary reference Number: 38198
Old object number: 4498
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Tea bowl" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/38198 Accessed: 2024-11-22 01:04:17
To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:
{{cite web|url=https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/38198
|title=Tea bowl
|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-11-22 01:04:17|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
To call these data via our API (remember this needs to be authenticated) you can use this code snippet:
https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/api/v1/objects/object-38198
Updates about future exhibitions and displays, family activities, virtual events & news. You'll be the first to know...