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Tea bowl and saucer: C.11 & A-2010

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Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Factory: New Hall Porcelain Factory

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Description

Hybrid hard-paste porcelain transfer-printed underglaze in blue with 'Malayan Village' or 'Trench Mortar' pattern, and gilt

Hybrid hard-paste porcelain, transfer-printed and painted underglaze in blue, and gilt. Circular teabowl with deep curved sides, standing on a footring. Decorated on the ouside with a continuous Chinese landscape known as 'Malayan Village' or 'Trench Mortar' pattern, and with a gold band round the rim. On the inside there is a central cloud (?) and below the rim, a border of scale and diaper pattern, C-scrolls, leaves, and half flowers. The circular saucer has curved sides and stands on a footring. It is decorated en suite with the pattern in the middle surrounded by the border, and on the outside of the ede with a pale yellowish brown band.

Notes

History note: Unknown before donor, W.M. Keynes, MD, FRCS (1924-2009), Cambridge

Legal notes

Dr Milo Keynes Bequest, 2009

Place(s) associated

  • Shelton ⪼ Staffordshire ⪼ England

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (2009) by Keynes, W. M., Dr.

Dating

Circa 1790 CE - 1795 CE

Note

The cup and saucer may not have been together initially as the rim of the saucer is not gilded. See notes. The pattern is transfer-printed and the water painted in by hand

School or Style

Chinese

Components of the work

Decoration composed of cobalt-blue ( ceramic printing pigment) gold
Saucer Diameter 12.8 cm Height 3.5 cm
Cup Diameter 8.3 cm Height 5 cm cm

Materials used in production

presumed lead-glaze Glaze
Hybrid hard-paste porcelain

Techniques used in production

Glazing

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: circular white paper stick-on label

  • Text: I.K.5
  • Location: On saucer
  • Method of creation: Hand-written in turquoise ink
  • Type: Label

Inscription present: circular white paper stick-on label

  • Text: I.K.1
  • Location: On cup
  • Method of creation: Hand-written in turquoise ink
  • Type: Label

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.11 & A-2010
Primary reference Number: 176664
Old object number: I K 5
Old object number: I K 1
Entry form number: 1027
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020 Last processed: Friday 29 September 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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