Current Location: Gallery 26 (Lower Marlay)
Maker(s)
Factory:
Bow Porcelain Manufactory
Entities
Categories
Description
Soft-paste porcelain sweetmeat stand or pickle stand, decorated underglaze in blue. The stand is composed of three shell-shaped dishes, each with a conical foot, arranged triangularly, joined in the centre by a 'sponge' with applied shells, from the middle of which rises a handle in the shape of a dolphin with its tail in the air. Each dish is painted with a seated Chinese figure playing a musical instrument beside a table, with a landscape background and round the edge, four symbols.
Notes
History note: Collection of the late Dr Hugh Statham (1895-1967) and Mrs Margaret Statham (d. 1970); lent anonymously in 1970 by their daughter, Miss Beryl Statham (d. 1990) by whom bequeathed
Legal notes
Bequeathed by Miss Statham, accepted by H.M.Government in 1990 in lieu of Inheritance Tax, and allocated to the Fitzwilliam Museum
Measurements and weight
Diameter: 19.3 cm
Height: 13.3 cm
Place(s) associated
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Stratford-le-Bow
⪼ Essex
⪼ England
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Allocated
(1992-01-20)
by
H.M. Government
Dating
18th Century, Mid
George II
Production date:
circa
AD 1755
People, subjects and objects depicted
Components of the work
Decoration
composed of
cobalt-blue
Materials used in production
presumed lead
Lead-glaze
Soft-paste porcelain
Techniques used in production
Glazing (coating)
Identification numbers
Accession number: C.17-1992
Primary reference Number: 131147
Old object number: Statham Loan 10-1970
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Saturday 6 August 2011
Updated: Tuesday 2 June 2020
Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
