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Factory: Lowestoft Porcelain Factory
Soft-paste porcelain saucer, decorated with an Oriental scene in polychrome enamels.
Soft-paste porcelain saucer, painted onglaze in pink, red, yellow, turquoise and black enamels. The circular saucer has shallow rounded sides, and stands on a low footring. It is painted in famille rose style with a Chinese lady seated cross-legged in a fenced garden, and a boy carrying a box, an insect in flight above. The rim is painted with a black 'dot and arrow' border between red lines.
Given by D.M. Hunting, Esq.
Diameter: 12.0 cm
Height: 3.0 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1934) by Hunting, D. M.
18th Century, Late
George III
Production date:
circa
AD 1795
Decoration composed of enamels ( pink, red, yellow, turquoise and black)
presumed lead
Lead-glaze
Soft-paste porcelain
Glazing (coating) : Soft-paste porcelain, painted onglaze in pink, red, yellow, turquoise and black enamels
Accession number: C.18-1934
Primary reference Number: 38419
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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