Factory: Worcester Porcelain Factory
Soft-paste porcelain, moulded with relief bands of flowers and foliage, and decorated overglaze with bands of green ground colour and gilding
Steatitic soft-paste porcelain, moulded, decorated overglaze with bands of green ground colour and gilding. The tea bowl has deep curved sides and stands on a footring. The cup is decorated externally with a wide band of flowers and foliage in relief, with a band of green ground colour with a scalloped edge below, with gold flower heads in the dips, and above by a more lightly scalloped band with a gold scalloped line on the edge and pendant trefoil leaves. Inside there is a gold sprig. The circular saucer has shallow curved sides and stands on a footring. The inside is decorated en suite.
Given by Dame Anne Warburton
Method of acquisition: Given (2010-06-07) by Warburton, Anne, Dame
18th Century, third quarter
George III
Circa
1760
-
1770
Decoration
composed of
ground colour
( green enamel)
gold
Tea Bowl
Diameter 7.4 cm
Height 4.4 cm
Height 1⅝ in
Teabowl
Diameter 2⅞ in
presumed lead-glaze
Glaze
presumed steatitic
Soft-paste porcelain
Moulding
: Soft-paste porcelain, both pieces moulded with relief bands of flowers and foliage, and decorated overglaze with bands of green ground colour and gilding
Glazing
Inscription present: small circular white paper label
Accession number: C.118 & A-2010
Primary reference Number: 177304
Entry form: 1038
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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