Factory: Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory
Soft-paste porcelain saucer dish, painted underglaze in blue, overglaze in iron-red and green enamels, and gilt in Imari style.
Soft-paste porcelain saucer dish, painted in underglaze blue, iron-red and green enamels, and gilt. Circular with lobed sides, standing on a low footring. The inside is painted in the Japanese Imari style, with a curved spray of millet and chrysanthemum in the centre, and on the rim with radiating panels of diaper overlaid with mons.
History note: Alfred Spero
Purchased through the Glaisher Fund
Diameter: 18.1 cm
Height: 3 cm
Method of acquisition: Bought (1932)
18th Century, Mid
George II
Red anchor period (1752-1756)
Production date:
circa
AD 1756
: The Chelsea Sale Catalogue of 10 April 1756 includes 'six scollop'd compotiers, old Japan'd pattern, blue and gold' which probably refers to this type of dish
Decoration composed of enamel ( iron-red and green) cobalt-blue gold
Lead-glaze
Soft-paste porcelain
Accession number: C.5A-1932
Primary reference Number: 133883
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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