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Factory:
H. & R. Daniel
(Possibly)
Factory:
Rockingham China Works
(Possibly)
Soft-paste porcelain box and cover, painted with a genre scene in polychrome enamels, and gilt.
Soft-paste porcelain box and cover, painted in polychrome enamels, and gilt. The circular box is of waisted cylindrical shape, and has a slightly disheed screw-on flat cover. The sides are gilded with a neo-rococo scroll border on a green ground. The cover is painted with an hourglass on a marlbe table, garlanded with flowers, and a butterfly alighting on a peach.
Bequeathed by Henry Rogers Broughton, Second Lord
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1973) by Fairhaven, Henry Rogers Broughton
19th Century
George IV
Production date:
circa
AD 1828
Attribution uncertain. On accession it was attributed to Rockingham, but the possibility of it having been made by H. & R. Daniel was raised by Sally Kevill-Davies.
Decoration
composed of
enamels
( polychrome)
gold
Box
Diameter 8.0 cm
Height 2.0 cm
Cover
Diameter 8.3 cm
Height 2.7 cm
presumed lead
Lead-glaze
Soft-paste porcelain
Glazing (coating) : Soft-paste porcelain, painted in polychrome enamels, and gilt
Inscription present: writen in script
Accession number: M.158 & A-1973
Primary reference Number: 40576
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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