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Part of a knife handle: C.4.65-1964

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Current Location: In storage

Titles

Part of a knife handle

Maker(s)

Production: Bow Porcelain Manufactory

Entities

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Description

Moulded soft-paste porcelain, unglazed. Of pistol shape, lacking the lower end. Both sides have scrolls around the rounded top end and a garland of flowers close to the broken end

Notes

History note: Found in an excavation in London by G.F. Lawrence who gave it to Bernard Rackham (1876-1964)

Legal notes

Bequeathed by Bernard Rackham

Measurements and weight

Length: 6.7 cm
Width: 2.1 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1964-03-12) by Rackham, Bernard

Dating

18th Century, Mid
George II
Production date: circa AD 1755

School or Style

Rococo

Materials used in production

presumed to contain bone ash Soft-paste porcelain

Techniques used in production

Moulding : Moulded soft-paste porcelain

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.4.65-1964
Primary reference Number: 74901

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 27 February 2018

Associated departments & institutions

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

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