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Cream pot: C.38 & A-1992

Object information

Current Location: Gallery 26 (Lower Marlay)

Maker(s)

Factory: Derby Porcelain Manufactory

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Categories

Description

Soft-paste porcelain cream pot and cover, or salt, with applied leaves and moulded finial, and painted with birds and insects in polychrome enamels and gilt.

Soft-paste porcelain cream pot and cover, or salt, painted in pale blue, green, red, pale purple and light brown enamels and gilt. Depressed globular bowl, standing on a domed foot; two satyr mask handles; fluted domed cover with flange and a flower finial surrounded by three applied leaves. The bowl is decorated on both sides with a bird perching on a branch and another flying towards it; the lid is decorated with four insects and gilt dentilations on the rim.

Notes

History note: From the collection of the late Dr & Mrs H. Statham; lent by the testator, 1988. Miss Beryl Statham Bequest accepted by H.M. Governament in lieu of Inheritance Tax and allocated to the Fitzwilliam Museum.

Legal notes

Bequeathed by Miss Statham, accepted by H.M. Government in lieu of Inheritance Tax and allocated to the Fitzwilliam Museum

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 6.7 cm
Height: 8.1 cm

Place(s) associated

  • Derby ⪼ Derbyshire ⪼ England

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Allocated (1992) by H.M. Government

Dating

18th Century, Mid#
George II
George III
Circa 1758 - 1760

Components of the work

Decoration composed of enamels ( pale blue, green, red, pale purple and light brown) gold

Materials used in production

presumed lead Lead-glaze
Soft-paste porcelain

Techniques used in production

Glazing (coating) : Soft-paste porcelain cream pot and cover, or salt, with applied leaves and moulded finial, and painted with polychrome enamels and gilt

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.38 & A-1992
Primary reference Number: 137209
Old loan number: Statham Loan 27 & A-1970
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 30 September 2016 Last processed: Wednesday 13 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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