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Factory: Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory
Soft-paste porcelain teapot and cover, moulded with acanthus leaves and painted overglaze in polychrome enamels with flowers and insects.
Soft-paste porcelain teapot and cover, moulded, and painted overglaze in red, yellow, green, blue, turquoise, puce, and black enamels. The globular body is moulded with overlapping acanthus leaves, and stands on six rudimentary feet. The loop handle is applied with three studded bands, and the slightly domed cover is surmounted by an applied oak leaf and acorn knop. Both pieces are painted in with garden flowers among scattered butterflies and insects.
History note: Dr Bellamy Gardner Collection; sold Sotheby's, 12 June 1941, Catalogue of the Celebrated Collection of Chelsea Porcelain, English Ceramics, and Enamels. The Property of Dr and Mrs Bellamy Gardner, lot 35.
Given by the National Art Collections Fund as Trustee of the R. S. Cochrane Fund
Height: 10.2 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1941-06-12) by National Art Collections Fund
18th Century, Mid
George II
Triangle Period
Circa
1745
CE
-
Circa
1749
CE
Acanthus, also known as 'strawberry leaf' tea and coffee wares are found with the incised triangle and the underglaze-blue crown and trident marks. They appear with coloured European flowers, as here, and with Japanese Kakiemon-style decoration.
Decoration
composed of
enamels
( red, yellow, green, blue, turquoise, puce, and black)
Handle To Spout
Length 15.5 cm
presumed lead
Lead-glaze
Soft-paste porcelain
Moulding
: Soft-paste porcelain, moulded with acanthus leaves and painted overglaze in polychrome enamels with flowers and insects
Glazing (coating)
Accession number: EC.15 & A-1941
Primary reference Number: 118589
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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