IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 131198 accession number: C.9-1992 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Tuesday 13 October 2020 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Soft-paste porcelain, moulded, glazed and painted in green, yellow, lavender blue, purple, dark brown and black enamel-colours. Circular with a slightly upturned wavy edge, sloping rim and deep curved well, standing on a footring; three spur marks on base. The front is decorated with a composition of three plants: an anemone flower, amaranthus leaves, a stem of holyhock buds, and two buds above the anemone, a seed cut in half, accompanied by three moths; a dark brown line on the edge of the rim. object type: Soft-paste porcelain Botanical Plate, painted in polychrome enamels with flowers, plants and insects title: plate NOTES ----- type: history note value: Dr and Mrs Hugh Statham; Dr Statham died 1967; Mrs Statham died 1970; their daughter, Miss Beryl Statham by whom lent anonymously in 1988 (Statham Loan 3-1988). Bequeathed by Miss Statham, 1990, accepted by H.M. Government in lieu of Inheritance Tax and allocated to the Fitzwilliam Museum 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 lieu of Inheritance Tax and allocated to the Fitzwilliam Museum STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/131198 SUBJECTS ------------------- moths hollyhock anemone Amaranthus moths hollyhock anemone Amaranthus TECHNIQUES ---------- soft-paste porcelain, moulded, and painted overglaze in green, yellow, blue, purple, dark brown and black enamels glazing (coating) CATEGORIES ------ category: soft-paste porcelain DATING ------ creation date: 1755 - 1756 creation date earliest: 1755 creation date latest: 1756 culture: 18th Century, Mid culture: George II culture: Red anchor period (1752-1756) CREATORS -------- maker: Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Diameter units: cm value: 23.3 dimension: Height units: cm value: 3.6 EXHIBITIONS HISTORY ------------------- title: Feast and Fast: The Art of Food in Europe (1500-1800) CITATIONS -------- Feast & Fast. The Art of Food in Europe 1500-1800 Sir Hans Sloane's Plants on Chelsea Porcelain Sir Hans Sloane's Plants G.D. Ehret's Botanical Designs on Chelsea Porcelain Chelsea Porcelain British Ceramics Sir Hans Sloane's Plants on Chelsea Porcelain ---