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Factory: Richard Chaffers & Co.
Soft-paste porcelain painted underglaze in blue
Soft-paste porcelain (presumed steatitic), finely potted and painted in blue under slightly blue-tinted glaze, which appears more greenish-blue on the interior of the tea bowl and exterior of the saucer. The saucer has is no glaze on the interior edge of the footring and an irregular narrow area within it. The tea bowl is of tapering hexagonal form, standing on a circular footring. The saucer is hexagonal with sloping sides and almost flat central area, standing on a circular footring. The cup is decorated on the exterior with alternating stylized floral motifs on each facet, and below the rim with a narrow border of alternating panels of trellis diaper and a wavy branch with a leaf at each end. The saucer has a central flowerhead, surrounded by alternating stylized floral motifs on each side, and below the rim, a narrow border of alternating panels of trellis diaper and a wavy branch with three leaves at each end.
Method of acquisition: Given (2011-07-11) by Libson, Lowell
18th Century, third quarter
Production date:
circa
AD 1760
Richard Chaffers' factory operated between about 1755 and 1765. It produced soft-paste porcelain containing soapstone or steatite. The form and decoration of this cup and saucer were influenced by Chinese blue and white porcelain.
Visible Surfaces
composed of
lead-glaze
( presumed lead-glazer, tinted very pale blue, appearing pale greenish-blue on the interior of the cup and back of the saucer)
Decoration
composed of
cobalt
Saucer
Height 2.5 cm
Width 12.4 cm
Cup
Height 6.1 cm
Width 7.8 cm
Both Pieces
presumed steatitic (containing soapstone) Soft-paste porcelain
Accession number: C.6 & A-2011
Primary reference Number: 185503
Entry form: 1054
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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