Factory: Derby Porcelain Manufactory
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.
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.
Bequeathed by Miss Statham, accepted by H.M. Government in lieu of Inheritance Tax and allocated to the Fitzwilliam Museum
Diameter: 6.7 cm
Height: 8.1 cm
Method of acquisition: Allocated (1992) by H.M. Government
18th Century, Mid#
George II
George III
Circa
1758
-
1760
Decoration composed of enamels ( pale blue, green, red, pale purple and light brown) gold
presumed lead
Lead-glaze
Soft-paste porcelain
Glazing (coating) : Soft-paste porcelain cream pot and cover, or salt, with applied leaves and moulded finial, and painted with polychrome enamels and gilt
Accession number: C.38 & A-1992
Primary reference Number: 137209
Old loan number: Statham Loan 27 & A-1970
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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