IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 74350 accession number: C.3059 & A-1928 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Soft-paste porcelain teapot and cover, moulded in relief. The globular teapot has a short, curved spout, and stands on four rudimentary feet. The body is moulded with four overlapping swirling acanthus leaves. The inset cover is similarly decorated, and is surmounted by a knob formed as two oak-leaves and acorns. object type: Glazed soft-paste porcelain teapot and cover, moulded in relief with acanthus leaves. title: teapot NOTES ----- type: history note value: Given by Colonel and Mrs W.d. Dickson at Christmas 1924 to Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts collection: J. W. L. Glaisher creditline: Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/74350 SUBJECTS ------------------- acanthus acanthus TECHNIQUES ---------- glazed soft-paste porcelain, moulded with acanthus leaves moulding TECHNIQUES ---------- glazing (coating) CATEGORIES ------ category: soft-paste porcelain DATING ------ creation date: 1744 - 1749 creation date earliest: 1744 creation date latest: 1749 culture: 18th Century, Mid culture: George II culture: Triangle Period CREATORS -------- maker: Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Height units: cm value: 10.2 dimension: Height units: in value: 4 dimension: Width units: cm value: 14.8 dimension: Width units: in value: 5 13/16 CITATIONS -------- Catalogue of the Glaisher Collection of Pottery and Porcelain in the Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge Chelsea Porcelain at Williamsburg Chelsea Porcelain --- IMAGES surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa3/C_3059_20_26_20A_1928_281_29.jpg height: 550 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa3/mid_C_3059_20_26_20A_1928_281_29.jpg height: 362 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa3/C_3059_20_26_20A_1928_281_29.jpg height: 550 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa3/preview_C_3059_20_26_20A_1928_281_29.jpg height: 181 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa4/C_3059_20_26_20A_1928_282_29.jpg height: 550 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa4/mid_C_3059_20_26_20A_1928_282_29.jpg height: 362 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa4/C_3059_20_26_20A_1928_282_29.jpg height: 550 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa4/preview_C_3059_20_26_20A_1928_282_29.jpg height: 181 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa4/C_3059_20_26_20A_1928_283_29.jpg height: 550 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa4/mid_C_3059_20_26_20A_1928_283_29.jpg height: 362 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa4/C_3059_20_26_20A_1928_283_29.jpg height: 550 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa4/preview_C_3059_20_26_20A_1928_283_29.jpg height: 181 pixels width: 250 pixels