IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 74722 accession number: C.37A-1932 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: 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. object type: Soft-paste porcelain vase, decorated with an underglaze blue ground, and painted overglaze in puce enamel, and gilt. title: vase NOTES ----- type: history note value: Unknown before donor, Mrs W.D. (Frances Louisa) Dickson, Bournemouth LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts creditline: Given by Mrs W.D. Dickson STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/74722 PEOPLE ------------------- Cupid SUBJECTS ------------------- butterflies butterflies TECHNIQUES ---------- glazing (coating) CATEGORIES ------ category: soft-paste porcelain DATING ------ creation date: 1765 - 1768 creation date earliest: 1765 creation date latest: 1768 culture: 18th Century, third quarter# culture: George III culture: Gold anchor period (1759-69) CREATORS -------- maker: Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory maker: Askew, Richard DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Height units: cm value: 17.2 dimension: Height units: in value: 6 3/4 CITATIONS -------- The Cheyne Book of Chelsea China and Pottery Chelsea Porcelain --- IMAGES surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa3/C_37A_1932_281_29.jpg height: 740 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa3/mid_C_37A_1932_281_29.jpg height: 649 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa3/C_37A_1932_281_29.jpg height: 740 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa3/preview_C_37A_1932_281_29.jpg height: 325 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa3/C_37A_1932_282_29.jpg height: 740 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa3/mid_C_37A_1932_282_29.jpg height: 649 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa3/C_37A_1932_282_29.jpg height: 740 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa3/preview_C_37A_1932_282_29.jpg height: 325 pixels width: 250 pixels