IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 131132 accession number: C.36 & A-1932 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Tuesday 13 October 2020 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Soft-paste porcelain tureen and cover, moulded in two parts, and painted overglaze in yellow, red, dark manganese, and black enamels. The lower part and cover fit together to form a carp lying on its side. The cover is surmounted by a handle in the form of an arching elver. The whole is painted naturalistically. object type: Soft-paste porcelain tureen and cover, painted overglaze naturalistically in polychrome enamels. title: tureen NOTES ----- type: history note value: Unknown before donor, Mrs W.D. (Frances Louisa) Dickson, Bournemouth LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts collection: Mrs W.D. Dickson creditline: Given by Mrs W.D. Dickson STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/131132 SUBJECTS ------------------- fish carp fish carp TECHNIQUES ---------- soft-paste porcelain, moulded in two parts, painted overglaze naturalistically in yellow, red, dark manganese, and blackenamels moulding TECHNIQUES ---------- glazing (coating) CATEGORIES ------ category: soft-paste porcelain DATING ------ creation date: 1754 - 1756 creation date earliest: 1754 creation date latest: 1756 culture: 18th Century, Mid culture: George II culture: Red anchor period (1752-1756) CREATORS -------- maker: Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Length units: cm value: 40.3 EXHIBITIONS HISTORY ------------------- title: Feast and Fast: The Art of Food in Europe (1500-1800) CITATIONS -------- Chelsea Porcelain, the Red Anchor Wares 18th-Century English Porcelain ---