Cormorant
Factory: Bow Porcelain Manufactory
Soft-paste porcelain containing bone ash, figure of a Cormorant, press-moulded, glazed and painted in polychrome enamels.
Soft-paste porcelain containing bone ash, figure of a Cormorant, press-moulded, glazed and painted in blue, green, dark pink red, grey, and black enamels. The rocky base is concave underneath and glazed except for the parts of the flat edge. The cormorant stands with its right leg extended and foot on the ground, and its left leg higher up on the rock with only three claws showing. Its wings are outstretched and its head turned to its right holding the remains end of an eel (missing). The base is decorated with three different kinds of shells and seaweed.
History note: Dr and Mrs Hugh Statham; Dr Statham died 1967; Mrs Statham died 1970; their daughter, Miss Beryl Statham by whom lent anonymously in 1970 (Statham Loan 26-1970). Bequeathed by Miss Statham, 1990, accepted by H.M. Government in lieu of Inheritance Tax and allocated to the Fitzwilliam Museum
Bequeathed by Miss Statham, accepted by H.M.Government in 1990 in lieu of Inheritance Tax, and allocated to the Fitzwilliam Museum
Height: 9.0 cm
Method of acquisition: Allocated (1990) by H.M. Government
18th Century, Mid#
George II
Circa
1754
-
1760
Decoration
composed of
enamels
( blue, green, dark pink red, grey, and black)
Across Wings
Width 9.6 cm
presumed lead
Lead-glaze
presumed phosphatic and containing bone ash
Soft-paste porcelain
Press-moulding
: Soft-paste porcelain containing bone ash, press-moulded, glazed and painted in polychrome enamels
Glazing (coating)
Accession number: C.23-1992
Primary reference Number: 42417
Old loan number: Statham Loan 26-1970
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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