Current Location: Gallery 26 (Lower Marlay)
Maker(s)
Factory:
Meissen Porcelain Factory
Entities
Categories
Description
Hard-paste porcelain cup and saucer decorated in the style of J. G. Horoldt, with enamel colours, purple lustre (misfired gold) and gilt. Bell shaped cup with a triple curved, ear-shaped handle. Shallow, circular saucer.
There is a four lobed panel on the front of the cup, framed by scrollwork in gold with small areas of purple lustre and in iron-red and purple enamel. Painted in colours within is a Chinese man, standing beside a lady seated on a high backed chair with a child at her knee. On each side of the gilt handle are 'Indian' flowers. There is a gilt band round the foot ring and elaborate gilt scrollwork inside the rim.
In the middle of the saucer there is a larger four lobed panel, similarly framed and painted in enamels with two Chinese musicians and a flowering tree. There is elaborate gold scrollwork round the rim. On there back are two sprays of Indian' flowers with an insect in the spaces between them.
Notes
History note: Unknown before Sir Richard Jessel
Legal notes
Given by Sir Richard Jessel
Place(s) associated
-
Meissen
⪼ Saxony
⪼ Germany
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Given
(1972-01-20)
by
Jessel, Richard, Sir
Dating
1720s
Frederick Augustus I
Circa
1724
CE
-
1730
CE
Note
The Chinoiseries are in the style developed in the 1720s by Johan Gregor Höroldt (1696-1775), active at the Meissen factory 1720 -56 and 1763-5.
School or Style
Baroque
Chinoiserie
Components of the work
Decoration
composed of
lustre
enamel
gold
Saucer
Diameter 14.2 cm
Cup
Diameter 7.2 cm
Height 8 cm
Materials used in production
Glaze
Hard-paste porcelain
Techniques used in production
Glazing
: Hard-paste porcelain, glazed, and decorated with painting in polychrome enamels, purple lustre, and gilding
Inscription or legends present
- Text: i
- Location: On base of both pieces
- Method of creation: Painted in gold
- Type: Gold number
- Text: crossed swords
- Location: On base of both pieces
- Method of creation: Painted underglaze in blue
- Type: Factory mark
Identification numbers
Accession number: C.7 & A-1972
Primary reference Number: 140350
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Saturday 6 August 2011
Updated: Wednesday 11 January 2017
Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
