Cup and saucer: EC.3 & A-1941

Current Location: Gallery 26 (Lower Marlay)

Maker(s)

Production: Weesp Porcelain Factory
Decorator: Oude Loosdrecht Porcelain Manufactory

Entities

Cup and saucer

Categories

Hard-paste porcelain

Description

Hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels, the cup with a grotesque man carrying a sunshade, the saucer with harlequin holding a grid iron in his left hand and a pair of tongs in his right

Notes

History note: J. Nachemsohn, 130 Mount Street, Corner of Berkely Square, London, W.1 from whom bought for £3 by the Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum

Legal notes

Given by the Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum

Place(s) associated

Weesp ⪼ The Netherlands
Oude Loosdrecht ⪼ The Netherlands

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1941) by The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum

Dating

18th Century, third quarter
Production date: circa AD 1770

Components of the work

Decoration composed of enamel
Saucer Diameter 13.7 cm Height 2.5 cm
Cup Diameter 9.5 cm Height 6.4 cm

Materials used in production

Glaze
Hard-paste porcelain

Techniques used in production

Glazing (coating)

Identification numbers

Accession number: EC.3 & A-1941
Primary reference Number: 140419
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 20 October 2016

Associated departments & institutions

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

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