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Dish: C.72-1932

Object information

Current Location: Gallery 26 (Lower Marlay)

Maker(s)

Factory: Bow Porcelain Manufactory

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Description

Soft-paste porcelain octagonal dish, with applied prunus sprays, painted in enamels in famille rose style

Soft-paste porcelain octagonal dish, moulded, and painted in red, yellow, green, blue, and pink enamels in famille-rose style. The octagonal dish has a flat octagonal rim and shallow oval well. The rim is decorated with applied sprays of flowering prunus, which are painted with scattered sprigs. The well is painted with large sprays of peony surrounded by insects, within a red loop and dot border.

Notes

History note: Unknown before Mrs W.D. (Frances Louisa) Dickson

Legal notes

Given by Mrs W.D. Dickson

Measurements and weight

Height: 3.5 cm
Length: 32 cm
Width: 22.5 cm

Place(s) associated

  • Stratford-le-Bow ⪼ Essex ⪼ England

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1933-10) by Dickson, W. D. (Frances Louisa), Mrs

Dating

18th Century, Mid
George II
Circa 1755 - Circa 1758

Note

The shape is copied from a Chinese porcelain meat dish, of c. 1740, based in turn on an English silver example, and was used extensively in English ceramics of the period. The prunus relief decoration is copied from a Chinese ‘blanc-de-chine’ original, from Dehua in Fujian province, of c. 1700, and the enamel decoration is based on a Chinese original of c. 1735-40. Enamelled decoration was introduced on plain prunus moulded wares a few years after they were introduced, c. 1750, but is never seen in conjunction on Chinese blanc-de-chine pieces.

School or Style

famille-rose
Rococo

Components of the work

Whoel composed of soft-paste porcelain ( containing bone ash)
Decoration composed of enamel ( red, yellow, green, blue, and pink)

Materials used in production

presumed lead Lead-glaze

Techniques used in production

Press-moulding : Soft-paste porcelain, moulded, and painted in red, yellow, green, blue, and pink enamels
Lead-glazing

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.72-1932
Primary reference Number: 118641
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 1 February 2019 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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