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Factory: Lowestoft Porcelain Factory
Soft-paste porcelain teabowl and saucer, moulded in low relief with a floral motif.
Soft-paste porcelain tea bowl and saucer, moulded in low relief. Both pieces have shallow, rounded sides, and stand on wedge-shaped footrings. They are moulded with three beaded medallions separated by three vertical tapering trellis panels, from which spring flowering branches.
History note: Bought from Mr Harrington Smith, St Anne's, Lowestoft, July 15th 1910, for 6 gns, who noted in a letter of 4th July that he had bought them from a local family.
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, third quarter#
George III
Circa
1764
CE
-
1765
CE
Saucer
Diameter 12.0 cm
Height 2.2 cm
Tea Bowl
Diameter 7.2 cm
Height 4.4 cm
presumed lead
Lead-glaze
Soft-paste porcelain
Moulding
: Soft-paste porcelain, moulded in low relief
Glazing (coating)
Accession number: C.3109 & A-1928
Primary reference Number: 38272
Old object number: 3244A, vol. 11
Old object number: 3244B, vol. 11
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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