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Teapot: C.92 & A-B-2010

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Factory: New Hall Porcelain Factory

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Description

Hybrid hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels with floral sprays and iron-red looped threads, known as the ‘knitting wool’ design. Pattern, no. 195.

Hybrid hard-paste porcelain, glazed, except for the base of the stand, and painted in blue, green, puce, purple, and red enamels. The pot is of silver-shape with a facetted spout and loop handle. Its circular cover (A) has a pierced bulbous vase-shaped knob.The stand (B) is lozenge-shaped with four large lobes alternating with four small, sloping sides, and flat base. Each side of the pot is decorated with an arrangement of roses and other flowers and foliage, with on either side, two green leaves and a floral spray. On the shoulder there are three looped red 'knitting wool' motifs' amidst four floral festoons, and four half flowers next to the neck which is encircled by a red band round the lower edge, and a puce one round the top. The spout has a puce half flower and dots of graduated size on the top, and a row of dots of graduated size on the underside. The back of the handle has a fan-shaped puce flower with graduated dots above and a vertical stroke below. The cover is decorated to match the shoulder, and has a row of vertical puce strokes round its top. The stand has a central floral arrangement with four smaller floral sprays around it, the 'knitting wool' motif and floral sprays on the sides, and a red line round the edge. Pattern no. 195.

Notes

History note: Unknown before testator

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

18th Century, Late
George III
Circa 1795 - 1800

Components of the work

Decoration composed of enamel ( blue, green, puce, purple, and red)
Teapot Height 15.7 cm Length 24.2 cm
Stand Height 2.2 cm Length 19.8 cm Width 16.8 cm
Teapot Base Width 12.2 cm
Body

Materials used in production

presumed lead; not on base of stand Glaze
Hybrid hard-paste porcelain

Techniques used in production

Glazing

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: 195
  • Location: On side of base of teapot
  • Method of creation: Painted in puce enamel
  • Type: Pattern number
  • Text: 195
  • Location: On one end of base of stand
  • Method of creation: Painted in red enamel
  • Type: Pattern number

Inscription present: circular white paper stick-on label

  • Text: I.E.4
  • Location: On base of teapot
  • Method of creation: Hand-written in black ink
  • Type: Label

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.92 & A-B-2010
Primary reference Number: 177471
Entry form number: 1027
Old object number: I.E.4
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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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