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Bowl: EC.13.6-1945

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Maker(s)

Factory: Unidentified Staffordshire Pottery

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Description

White salt-glazed stoneware painted with floral decoration.

White stoneware, salt-glazed and painted overglaze with blue, purple, yellow, green, orange and black enamels. The deep-curved bowl is painted round the outside with a large floral spray, which includes a large blue and a large purple flower, both with yellow centres. Inside the bowl, there is a purple flower with a yellow centre on the base and a wavy orange border round the rim.

Notes

History note: Provenance unidentified before Mrs W.D. Dickson, Southill, Dean Park, Bournemouth

Legal notes

Given by Mrs W.D. Dickson.

Measurements and weight

Height: 4 cm
Width: 7.9 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1945-04-19) by Dickson, W. D. (Frances Louisa), Mrs

Dating

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

Note

The floral motifs and soft colours on this bowl echo the so-called famille rose style of decoration used on 18th-century Chinese porcelains produced for the western market. Chinese famille rose porcelain was highly fashionable in Europe at the time.

School or Style

Rococo

Materials used in production

white Stoneware
Salt-glaze

Techniques used in production

Throwing : Wheel-thrown stoneware, salt-glazed and painted overglaze in coloured enamels
Salt-glazing
Painting overglaze

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: very small stick-on paper label; badly worn, possible that part of the label has been lost entirely

  • Text: “16 set”
  • Location: On base
  • Method of creation: Handwritten in black ink
  • Type: Label

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Identification numbers

Accession number: EC.13.6-1945
Primary reference Number: 76878

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 29 April 2024

Associated departments & institutions

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

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