Compotier
Factory: Tournai Porcelain Factory
Soft-paste porcelain dish with fluted rim, painted in enamels with exotic birds, and gilded round the edge
Soft-paste porcelain, moulded, glazed, and painted overglaze in blue, green, yellow, purplish-pink, brown, grey, and black enamels, and gilt. The reverse has scattered black speckles. Circular with a wavy edge, sloping rim moulded with spiral fluting, and a deep well. Decorated in the centre with three exotic birds: one large, and one small standing amid foliage, and one small perched in a tree. The edge of the rim is gilded
History note: Unknown before Mrs W.D. (Frances Louisa) Dickson, Bournemouth
Given by Mrs W.D. Dickson
Diameter: 24 cm
Height: 4 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1930-11-10) by Dickson, W. D. (Frances Louisa), Mrs
Circa 1762 CE - 1781 CE
Decoration composed of enamels ( blue, green, yellow, purplish-pink, brown, grey, and black) gold
presumed lead-glaze
Lead-glaze
Soft-paste porcelain
Moulding
: Soft-paste porcelain, moulded, glazed, and painted in blue, green, yellow, purplish-pink, brown, grey, and black enamels, and gilt.
Lead-glazing
Accession number: C.32-1930
Primary reference Number: 131019
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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