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Factory:
Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory
Decorator:
Askew, Richard
(Probably)
Soft-paste porcelain vase, decorated with an underglaze blue ground, and painted overglaze in puce enamel, and gilt.
Soft-paste porcelain vase, decorated with an underglaze 'mazarine'blue ground, heart-shaped reserves painted in puce enamel, and gilding. The slender ovoid body has a flaring trumpet neck and waisted circular feet, with two rococo scroll handles. The reserve on one side is painted in puce camaieu with Cupid holding a firebrand in his left hand and a bow in his right, standing on clouds with his back to the viewer, and the reserve on the other side with two putti seated on clouds, one holding an arrow, and the other a dove. The reserves are framed by a gold line and floral sprays, and the neck has a gold butterfly on each side.The fot and rim are encircled by gold bands.
History note: Unknown before donor, Mrs W.D. (Frances Louisa) Dickson, Bournemouth
Given by Mrs W.D. Dickson
Height: 17.2 cm
Height: 6 3/4 in
Method of acquisition: Given (1932-06-13) by Dickson, W. D. (Frances Louisa), Mrs
18th Century, third quarter#
George III
Gold anchor period (1759-69)
Circa
1765
-
1768
Depictions of putti, copied from engravings after François Boucher, were popular at Sèvres both en camieu and in polychrome, during the 1750s, and inspired the decoration of this vase. Cupids in pink camaieu and polychrome have been ascribe to Richard Askew, a painter who lived at Church Lane, Chelsea in 1761; by 1764 he had moved to Kings Road. He worked at Chelsea for a daily rate of 4s. 2d., probably as an outsider decorator, and in 1773 he left for Derby. See documentation.
Decoration composed of enamels ( puce) cobalt-blue gold
presumed lead
Lead-glaze
Soft-paste porcelain
Accession number: C.37A-1932
Primary reference Number: 74722
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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