Factory: New Hall Porcelain Factory
Hybrid hard-paste porcelain painted underglaze in blue and overglaze in enamels with an Imari style pattern featuring an elephant, Oriental buildings, flowering plants and trees. Pattern no. 876.
Hybrid hard-paste porcelain painted underglaze in three shades of blue, overglaze in two shades of green, dark pink, apricot and red enamels, and gilded, in Imari style. The cup is of London shape. The saucer is circular with deep sloping sides, and stands on a footring. The exterior of the cup and the iis painted with an Oriental landscape with buildings, flowering plants, and a tree with gold leaves, beside which is an elephant facing towards the viewer. The inside has a gold border comprising a wavy line and vertical strokes with a horizontal gold band below. There are gold bands round the rim, foot, and back of the handle. The saucer is decorated with a version of the same Oriental landscape surrounded by the same border pattern, and has gold band on the rim.
Dr Milo Keynes Bequest, 2009
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (2009) by Keynes, W. M., Dr.
19th Century, Early#
George III
Production date:
circa
AD 1810
Decoration
composed of
enamel
cobalt
gold
Saucer
Diameter 14.2 cm
Height 3.4 cm
Cup
Diameter 7.3 cm
Height 6.5 cm
Width 6.2 cm
Hybrid hard-paste porcelain
Glaze
Accession number: C.35 & A-2010
Primary reference Number: 177365
Entry form number: 1027
Old object number: IV A 3
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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