IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 137196 accession number: EC.28 & A & B-1938 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Tuesday 30 April 2024 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Soft-paste porcelain, decorated with a pale yellow ground, painting in pale blue, dark greyish-green, pale red, shades of brown, grey and black enamels, and gilding. Cylindrical cup with ear-shaped handle and slightly recessed base, the cover of shallow domed form rising up in the centre to a small circular platform on which is a three-sided handle.Circular saucer with sloping sides, flat centre and recessed base. The front of the cup is decorated with a shipping scene with three sailing vessels of graduated size, with distant cliffs and headland, surrounded by a gold border with reserved white triangular motifs. The rest of the exterior has a pale yellow ground overlaid by black architectural ornament reminiscent of wrought ironwork. There are gold bands round the top and bottom, and the handle is decorated with four vertical lines separated by spots. The base is inscribed in blue enamel: 'Before the Wind, Light/Breeze.' The cover is decorated to match the sides and handle, and the sides of the saucer likewise, with a border of gold leaves and berries between concentric circles on the base. object type: soft-paste porcelain cup with cover and saucer, decorated with a pale yellow ground, painting in polychome enamels, and gilding. On the front is a shipping scene. title: cup NOTES ----- type: history note value: Wallace Elliot: sold Sotheby's, 24-26 May 1938, Fine Old English Pottery and Porcelain, lot 292 LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts creditline: Bought with the Glaisher Fund STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/137196 TECHNIQUES ---------- soft-paste porcelain cup with cover and saucer, decorated with a pale yellow ground, painting in polychome enamels, and gilding. glazing (coating) CATEGORIES ------ category: soft-paste porcelain DATING ------ creation date: 1795 - 1800 creation date earliest: 1795 creation date latest: 1800 culture: 18th Century, Late culture: George III CREATORS -------- maker: Derby Porcelain Manufactory maker: Brewer, Robert maker: Brewer, John