IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 131201 accession number: C.12-1992 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Tuesday 13 October 2020 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Soft-paste porcelain finger bowl, painted in turquoise, green, yellow, pink, red, purple and dark brown enamel-colours. Circular with deep sides, contracting in a convex curve towards the base; schaped rim. The lower part is decorated with scallopendrium leaves, above which there is a caterpillar, a moth, a beetle and four other insects; in the centre of the interior there is a moth; and on the rim, a maroon line. object type: Soft-paste porcelain finger bowl, painted in polychrome enamels with plants and insects title: finger bowl 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 6-1988). 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/131201 SUBJECTS ------------------- caterpillar moths beetle insects scallopendrium caterpillar moths beetle insects scallopendrium TECHNIQUES ---------- soft-paste porcelain, painted in turquoise, green, yellow, pink, red, purple and dark brown enamels glazing (coating) CATEGORIES ------ category: soft-paste porcelain DATING ------ creation date: 1753 - 1758 creation date earliest: 1753 creation date latest: 1758 culture: 18th Century, Mid culture: George II culture: Red anchor period (1752-1756) CREATORS -------- maker: Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Diameter units: cm value: 7.5 dimension: Height units: cm value: 6.7