Current Location: Gallery 26 (Lower Marlay)
Titles
partridge tureen and cover
Maker(s)
Factory:
Bow Porcelain Manufactory
Entities
Categories
Description
Soft-paste porcelain partridge tureen and cover, painted naturalistically in polychrome enamels.
Soft-paste porcelain partridge tureen and cover, containing bone ash, moulded in two parts, glazed, and painted in shades of brown, green, yellow, blue and red enamel-colours. The bird sits on sheaves of corn, grass, and two applied flowers and leaves. Its head and the top of its back form the cover, which has an internal flange.
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
Height: 9.6 cm
Length: 8.4 cm
Place(s) associated
-
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
Circa
1755
-
1760
School or Style
Rococo
Components of the work
Decoration
composed of
enamels
( brown, green, yellow, blue and red)
Materials used in production
containing bone ash
Soft-paste porcelain
presumed lead
Lead-glaze
Techniques used in production
Moulding
: Glazed soft-paste porcelain, moulded and decorated with birds and flowers in plychrome enamels.
Glazing (coating)
References and bibliographic entries
Identification numbers
Accession number: C.31 & A-1992
Primary reference Number: 131150
Old loan number: Statham Loan 13 & A-1988
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Saturday 6 August 2011
Updated: Tuesday 13 October 2020
Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
