IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 131147 accession number: C.17-1992 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Tuesday 2 June 2020 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: 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. title: sweetmeat stand NOTES ----- type: history note value: 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 LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts creditline: Bequeathed by Miss Statham, accepted by H.M.Government in 1990 in lieu of Inheritance Tax, and allocated to the Fitzwilliam Museum STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/131147 PEOPLE ------------------- Chinaman SUBJECTS ------------------- landscape landscape TECHNIQUES ---------- glazing (coating) CATEGORIES ------ category: soft-paste porcelain DATING ------ creation date: 1755 - 1755 creation date earliest: 1755 creation date latest: 1755 culture: 18th Century, Mid culture: George II CREATORS -------- maker: Bow Porcelain Manufactory DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Diameter units: cm value: 19.3 dimension: Height units: cm value: 13.3