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Beaded Beaker Matchpot: C.153-1932

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Beaded Beaker Matchpot

Maker(s)

Factory: Spode

Entities

Categories

Description

Bone china, painted with sea shells in polychrome enamels and gilt

Bone china, bone china, with applied beading, glazed and painted in green, blue, yellow, pink, red, purple, pale yellowish-brown, and black enamels, and gilded. The vase is trumpet-shaped with an incurved base. The beading is applied round the edge of the foot, between the foot and sides, and below the rim. On the front is a panel with a pale yellowish-brown ground decorated with a group of shells and sea weed in the other colours. The back is white decorated in gold with two birds a basket of fruit suspended from a swag, a concal basket or vase with a cornucopia on each side, and an arrangement of scrolls at the bottom. The foot is gilded overall, and there is a wide gold band inside the rim.

Notes

History note: Unknown before donor, Mrs W.D. (Frances Louisa) Dickson, Bournemouth

Legal notes

Given by Mrs W.D. Dickson

Measurements and weight

11.4

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Place(s) associated

  • Stoke ⪼ Staffordshire ⪼ England

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1932-10) by Dickson, W. D. (Frances Louisa), Mrs

Dating

19th Century, Early#
George III
George IV
Production date: circa AD 1820

Components of the work

Decoration composed of enamels ( polychrome) gold
Foot
Rim
Deocration

Materials used in production

Glaze
Bone china

Techniques used in production

Moulding : Bone china, moulded, glazed and painted in polychrome enamels and gilt
Glazing (coating)

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: SPODE
  • Location: On base
  • Method of creation: In purple
  • Type: Factory mark

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.153-1932
Primary reference Number: 40617
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 18 December 2023 Last processed: Monday 18 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

Citation for print

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