Skip to main content

Bowl: C.7-1967

Object information

Current Location: Gallery 26 (Lower Marlay)

Maker(s)

Factory: Lowestoft Porcelain Factory

Entities

Categories

Description

Soft-paste porcelain bowl, painted with Oriental scenes in underglaze blue.

Soft-paste porcelain bowl, painted underglaze in blue. The circular bowl has shallow, rounded sides, and stands on a wedge-shaped footring. It is painted on the outside with vases of flowers and a Chinese lady holding a parasol in a garden, the inside with the inscription 'John. Wright. Wangford. 1768'. There is a scroll and arrow border around the inside of the rim.

Notes

History note: W.J. Lee Collection, sold Sotheby's 17th November 1932, lot 81; Colman Collection, sold Sotheby's 20th April 1948, lot 24, £52; E.D. Levine Collection.

Legal notes

Given by Mrs F. Recordon

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 21.7 cm
Height: 7.7 cm

Place(s) associated

  • Lowestoft ⪼ Suffolk ⪼ England

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1967) by Recordon, F., Mrs

Dating

18th Century, Mid#
George III
Production date: circa AD 1768

School or Style

Chinoiserie

People, subjects and objects depicted

Components of the work

Decoration composed of cobalt-blue

Materials used in production

presumed lead Lead-glaze
Soft-paste porcelain

Techniques used in production

Glazing (coating)

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: John. Wright. Wangford. 1768
  • Location: Part of decoration inside bowl

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.7-1967
Primary reference Number: 38433
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 6 December 2012 Last processed: Wednesday 13 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

Citation for print

This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:

The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Bowl" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/38433 Accessed: 2024-12-22 13:30:14

Citation for Wikipedia

To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:

{{cite web|url=https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/38433 |title=Bowl |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-12-22 13:30:14|publisher=The University of Cambridge}}

API call for this record

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-38433

Sign up for updates

Updates about future exhibitions and displays, family activities, virtual events & news. You'll be the first to know...