Factory: Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory
Soft-paste porcelain finger bowl, decorated with leaves and insects in polychrome enamels.
Soft-paste porcelain finger bowl, painted in blue, turquoise, green, yellow, puce, gray, pale purple and maroon enamel-colours. Circular with deep sides, contracting in a convex curve towards the base; scalloped rim. The lower part is decorated with scallopendrium leaves, above which there are three moths, a dragonfly and a beetle; in the centre of the interior there is a moth; and on the rim, a maroon line.
History note: 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 5-1988). Bequeathed by Miss Statham, 1990, accepted by H.M. Government in lieu of Inheritance Tax and allocated to the Fitzwilliam Museum
Bequeathed by Miss Statham, accepted by H.M. Government in lieu of Inheritance Tax and allocated to the Fitzwilliam Museum
Diameter: 7.5 cm
Height: 6.7 cm
Method of acquisition: Allocated (1992-01-20) by H.M. Government
18th Century, Mid
George II
Red anchor period (1752-1756)
Circa
1753
-
1758
Decoration composed of enamel ( blue, turquoise, green, yellow, puce, gray, pale purple and maroon)
presumed lead
Lead-glaze
Soft-paste porcelain
Glazing (coating) : Soft-paste porcelain, moulded, and painted in blue, turquoise, green, yellow, puce, gray, pale purple and maroon enamels
Accession number: C.11-1992
Primary reference Number: 131200
Old loan number: Statham Loan 5-1988
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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