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Factory: New Hall Porcelain Factory
Hybrid hard-paste porcelain painted in dark puce and black enamels and gold with a narrow border of leaves and rose hips. Pattern no. 478
Hybrid hard-paste porcelain, press-moulded, glazed and painted overglaze in black and dark puce enamels, and gilded. Oval with shallow sloping sides and flat centre; the base slightly recessed. The glaze on the base has a large number of tiny pinholes, and there are a few on the front. The stand is decorated in the centre with a gold sprig with three rose hips, and round the edge with a border comprising a continuous wavy gold spray with small gold leavs, and groups of three rose hips pointing alternatvely upwards and downwards. A gold band encircles the rim.
History note: Unknown before donor
Dr Milo Keynes Bequest, 2009
Height: 1.6 cm
Length: 16.9 cm
Width: 14.2 cm
Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (2009) by Keynes, W. M., Dr.
Early 19th Century
George III
Circa
1800
-
1810
Decoration composed of enamel ( black and dark puce) gold
presumed lead-glaze
Glaze
Hybrid hard-paste porcelain
Press-moulding
: Hybrid hard-paste porcelain, press-moulded, glazed, painted overglaze in black and dark puce enamels, and gilded
Glazing
Inscription present: rectangular white paper stick-on label
Inscription present: circular white paper stick-on label
Accession number: C.69-2010
Primary reference Number: 177451
Entry form number: 1027
Old object number: I.D.9
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2023) "Teapot stand" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/177451 Accessed: 2023-03-29 12:18:48
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Accession Number: C.58B-1918
Accession Number: C.119-1932
Accession Number: C.58A-1918
Accession Number: C.4 & A & B-1997
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