Worcester porcelain sugar bowl and cover

An image of Sugar bowl and cover. Worcester Porcelain Factory. Painted with two scenes amid classical ruins. Circular with deep sides, standing on a footring; circular lid with domed centre and flower knob. On the bowl, a woman is shown drawing water from a well; a man crosses a bridge behind a temple; a man walks amongst ruins. On the lid, a ruined castle and two ruins are shown among trees. Soft-paste porcelain, transfer-printed onglaze in purple, painted in polychrome enamels, and gilt, height, whole, 11.2 cm, diameter, whole, 11.5 cm, circa 1765- circa 1770.

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Sugar bowl and cover. Worcester Porcelain Factory. Painted with two scenes amid classical ruins. Circular with deep sides, standing on a footring; circular lid with domed centre and flower knob. On the bowl, a woman is shown drawing water from a well; a man crosses a bridge behind a temple; a man walks amongst ruins. On the lid, a ruined castle and two ruins are shown among trees. Soft-paste porcelain, transfer-printed onglaze in purple, painted in polychrome enamels, and gilt, height, whole, 11.2 cm, diameter, whole, 11.5 cm, circa 1765- circa 1770.

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Accession Number: C.36 & A-1927
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/22.0
Focal length: 72
Camera: NIKON D800
Photographer name: Amy Jugg
Image height: 1024 pixels
Image width: 905 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.6 (Macintosh)
Filesize: 124.94kB
Exposure time: 1/60
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 22/1
Captured: 2014:03:07 14:19:47

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18th Century Artist/Maker Artistic Movement Date Department English Fitz_AA Georgian Material Medium Nationalities Object Type Other Keywords Predominant Colours Roccoco Rococo Worcester Porcelain Factory Workflow _WF_AdOK _WF_KWD _WF_OPACtd _WF_PCtd bowl cover enamel enamelled floral flowers food food and drink gilt glazed knob lidded on-glazed overglaze painted porcelain ruins scenes service ware serving piece soft-paste porcelain sugar bowl tableware taking tea teaware transfer print white

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