Current Location: In storage
Maker(s)
Factory:
New Hall Porcelain Factory
(Perhaps)
Entities
Categories
Description
Hybrid hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels with a floral pattern with green interior border
Hybrid hard-paste porcelain, glazed and painted overglaze in greyish-blue, pale green, dark pink, iron-red, and pale purple enamels. The tea bowl has deep curved sides and stands on a footring. The circular saucer (A) has shallow curved sides and stands on a footring. The cup is decorated with the centre with a red sprig, and below the rim with four shallow pale green curved lines with small scrolls at the ends. At the four points where these meet there is a triangular leaf. On the outside there is one large floral arrangment and five different smaller floral sprigs. The saucer has a large floral arrangment in the centre, surrounded by six smaller floral sprigs, and a similar pale green border.
Notes
History note: Unknown before donor
Legal notes
Dr Milo Keynes Bequest, 2009
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed
(2009)
by
Keynes, W. M., Dr.
Dating
18th Century, Late
George III
Circa
1790
-
1800
Note
Attribution uncertain.
Components of the work
Decoration
composed of
enamel
( greyish-blue, pale green, dark pink, iron-red, and pale purple)
Saucer
Diameter 12.6 cm
Height 3.1 cm
Height 1 3/4 in
Tea Bowl
Diameter 7.6 cm
Diameter 3 1/16 in
Height 4.3 cm
Height 1 5/8 in
Saicer
Diameter 5 in
Materials used in production
presumed lead-glaze
Glaze
Hybrid hard-paste porcelain
Techniques used in production
Glazing
: Hybrid hard-paste porcelain, glazed, and painted overglaze in greyish-blue, pale green, dark pink, iron-red, and pale purple enamels
Inscription or legends present
Inscription present: circular white paper stick-on label
- Text: V.B.1
- Location: On base of both pieces
- Method of creation: Hand-written in blue ink
- Type: Label
Identification numbers
Accession number: C.110 & A-2010
Primary reference Number: 177532
Entry form number: 1297
Old object number: V.B.1
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Saturday 6 August 2011
Updated: Tuesday 26 March 2024
Last processed: Wednesday 14 May 2025
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
