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Sugar bowl: C.56 & 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, painted with black and puce enamel, and gilded: narrow border of zig-zag leaves with gold and puce berries. Pattern no. 280.

Hybrid hard-paste porcelain, moulded, with crazed glaze, painted overglaze in black and puce enamel, and gilded. Of oval, ogee form with an applied ring handle at each end, standing on a footring. The cover is of slightly ogee form with a small oval platform and an oval pointed knob on top.The exterior of the bowl is decorated with a border comprising a black wavy stem with small trefoil leaves, puce berries, and gold trefoil leaves. The handles are gilded and there are gold bands just below the rim, and round the footring. The cover is decorated with a similar border, and with gold bands round the edge, the edge of the platform and the knob, which also has eight swirling gold lines radiating from the point

Notes

History note: Unknown before testator

Legal notes

Dr Milo Keynes Bequest, 2009

Measurements and weight

Height: 14.7 cm
Length: 14.5 cm
Width: 10.5 cm

Place(s) associated

  • Shelton ⪼ Staffordshire ⪼ England

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

18th Century, Late-19th Century, Early#
George III
Circa 1797 - 1803

Components of the work

Decoration composed of enamel ( black and puce) gold

Materials used in production

presumed lead-glaze Glaze
Hybrid hard-paste porcelain

Techniques used in production

Moulding : Hybrid hard-paste porcelain, moulded, glazed, painted overglaze in black and puce enamel, and gilded; the glaze has crazed
Glazing

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: 280
  • Location: On base
  • Method of creation: Painted in pale red enamel
  • Type: Pattern number

Inscription present: circular white paper stick-on label

  • Text: I.N.I
  • Location: On base
  • Method of creation: Hand-written in turquoise ink
  • Type: Label

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.56 & A-2010
Primary reference Number: 177405
Entry form number: 1027
Old object number: I.N.I
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020 Last processed: Wednesday 13 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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