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Factory: uncertain
Hard-paste porcelain painted overglaze in green, pink, puce, and purple enamels and gilt
Hard-paste porcelain moulded, glazed, and painted overglaze in green, pink, puce, purple, and brown enamels, and gilt. The footring of the saucer is unglazed, and appears yellowish buff.The cup has deep sides which open out slightly towards the rim which has four shallow lobes, and curve inwards sharply to the footring. The handles are almost rectangular and have a depression running down them on both sides. The saucer has a four-lobed rim, deep curved sides, and stands on a footring. The cup is decorated on both sides with a floral arrangement in a rectangular, shaped panel, with two floral sprigs on each side. Below the rim there is a pink and puce trellis border with a brown line above and below, and a gold band on the rim. The cup is decorated with a central bouquet of flowers within an eight sided frame surrounded by eight floral sprigs, and has a similar border with a double brown line below, and a gold band round the rim.
History note: Unknown before testator
Dr Milo Keynes Bequest, 2009
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (2009) by Keynes, W. M., Dr.
18th Century, Late
George III
Circa
1790
CE
-
1800
CE
This may be a chocolate cup and saucer. The cup is much heavier than normal for New Hall Porcelain. The decoration was inspired by Chinese export porcelain.
Decoration
composed of
enamels
( green, pink, puce, purple, and brown)
gold
Saucer
Diameter 14.4 cm
Height 3.3 cm
Cup
Diameter 7.8 cm
Height 7.3 cm
Width 10.5 cm
Glazing : Hard-paste porcelain, moulded, glazed, and painted overglaze in green, pink,puce, purple, and brown enamels, and gilded
Inscription present: circular white paper stick-on label
Accession number: C.108 & A-2010
Primary reference Number: 177530
Entry form number: 1297
Old object number: I.L.1
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Two-handled cup and saucer" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/177530 Accessed: 2024-11-24 18:59:01
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