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Cream pot: C.37 & A-1992

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Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Factory: Derby Porcelain Manufactory

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Description

Soft-paste porcelain cream pot and cover, or salt, with applied leaves and moulded finial, and painted with a landscape and an insect in polychrome enamels and gilt.

Soft-paste porcelain cream pot and cover, or salt, painted in green, red, light and dark brown, grey and purple enamels and gilt. Depressed globular bowl standing on a domed foot; two satyr mask handles; fluted domed cover with flange and a flower finial surrounded by three applied leaves on a stalk. The bowl is decorated on one side with a landscape featuring a bridge, and on the other with a flying insect. On the lid there are three insects and a scallop and gilt scallop and dot border.

Notes

History note: From the collection of the late Dr & Mrs H. Statham; lent by the testator, 1988. Miss Beryl Statham Bequest accepted by H.M. Governament in lieu of Inheritance Tax and allocated to the Fitzwilliam Museum.

Legal notes

Bequeathed by Miss Statham, accepted by H.M. Government in lieu of Inheritance Tax and allocated to the Fitzwilliam Museum

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 6.4 cm
Height: 8.1 cm

Place(s) associated

  • Derby ⪼ Derbyshire ⪼ England

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Allocated (1992) by H.M. Government

Dating

18th Century, Mid#
George II
George III
Circa 1758 - 1760

Components of the work

Decoration composed of enamels ( green, red, light and dark brown, grey and purple) gold

Materials used in production

presumed lead Lead-glaze
Soft-paste porcelain

Techniques used in production

Glazing (coating) : Soft-paste porcelain cream pot and cover, or salt, with applied leaves and moulded finial, and painted with polychrome enamels and gilt

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.37 & A-1992
Primary reference Number: 74695
Old loan number: Statham Loan 26 & A-1970
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020 Last processed: Wednesday 13 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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