Factory:
Bow Porcelain Manufactory
Decorator:
Walsh, James
(Probably)
Soft-paste porcelain sauceboat, moulded, glazed, and decorated with flowers and leaves in onglaze polychrome enamels and gilt.
Soft-paste porcelain sauceboat, moulded, painted in enamel-colours and gilt. In the shape of a leaf with a twig handle, four small projecting feet and applied prunus sprays in relief on the exterior. The spaces between the prunus sprays are painted with floral springs. Inside, there is a central bouquet and six detached floral springs, and round the rim, a border of red leaves interrupted by four gold flower heads.
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
Bequeathed by Miss Statham, accepted by H.M.Government in 1990 in lieu of Inheritance Tax and allocated to the Fitzwilliam Museum
Height: 7.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Allocated (1992-01-20) by H.M. Government
18th Century, Mid
George II
Circa
1752
-
1758
See letter from Tony Stevenson, dated 9 September 1992, suggesting that this sauceboat could have been painted by James Walsh. See documentation.
Decoration composed of enamels ( polychrome) gold
presumed lead
Lead-glazing
Soft-paste porcelain
Moulding
: Glazed and moulded soft-paste porcelain decorated with flowers and leaves in polychrome enamels and gilt
Glazing (coating)
Inscription present: script in red enamel
Accession number: C.26-1992
Primary reference Number: 131148
Old loan number: Statham Loan 8-1988
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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