IDENTIFIERS
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id:	131403
accession number:	C.6-1948

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Tuesday 13 October 2020

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Soft-paste porcelain vase, soft-paste porcelain, painted in polychrome enamels and gilt, with the figure of Bacchus and flowers. Bacchus stands holding a spear, decorated with garlands of leaves, in his right hand, and pointing to a basket of grapes wit his left. He wears a pink gown with leopard skin round his waist and falling down his back.
object type: Soft-paste porcelain vase, decorated in polychrome enamels with the figure of Bacchus emblematic of Autumn on one side, and the reverse with flowers, in polychrome onglaze enamels and gilt.
title:	vase

NOTES
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type: history note
value: Unknown before donor, Mrs W.D. (Frances Louisa) Dickson, Bournemouth


LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Applied Arts
creditline: Given by Mrs W.D. Dickson

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/131403

PEOPLE
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Bacchus as Autumn

SUBJECTS
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flowers
flowers



TECHNIQUES
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soft-paste porcelain, decorated with the figure of Bacchus emblematic of Autumn on one side, and the reverse with flowers, in polychrome onglaze enamels and gilt
glazing (coating)

CATEGORIES
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category: soft-paste porcelain

DATING
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creation date:	1760 - 1765
creation date earliest:	1760
creation date latest:	1765
culture:	18th Century, third quarter#
culture:	George III
culture:	Gold anchor period (1759-69)

CREATORS
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maker: Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Height
units: in
value: 11 1/2

dimension: Width
units: in
value: 7 1/4