Awaiting location update
Maker(s)
Factory:
Seth Pennington's Factory
Entities
Categories
Description
Soft-paste porcelain coffee can painted underglaze in blue with 'Lady and Servant' pattern
Soft-paste porcelain printed and painted underglaze in blue. Cylindrical with a loop handle which has a central vertical depression. The exterior is decorated with the ‘Lady and Servant’ pattern: a Chinese man and a woman standing in a garden beside small bushes with a tree and a fence between them. A group of five tiny birds fly over the man. A blue band runs round the inside of the rim.
Notes
History note: J. & J. Baker, probably the Lavenham firm, from whom purchased on 20 April 1992 by Christopher Hogwood, CBE (1941-2014), Cambridge; purchased from his executors by the Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum
Legal notes
Given by the Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum
Measurements and weight
Diameter: 5.6 cm
Height: 68 cm
Width: 8.1 cm
Place(s) associated
-
Liverpool
⪼ Lancashire
⪼ England
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Given
(2015-04-20)
by
The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum
Dating
18th Century, Late
George III
Circa
1780
CE
-
1790
CE
School or Style
Chinoiserie
Components of the work
Decoration
composed of
cobalt
Materials used in production
Glaze
Soft-paste porcelain
Techniques used in production
Glazing
Inscription or legends present
Inscription present: Rectangular white paper stick on label
- Text: ‘F26/31 c.1780/Pennington’s/Liverpool’
- Location: On base
- Method of creation: Hand-written in blue biro
- Type: Label
Inscription present: Rectangular white paper stick-on label
- Text: Painted/Transfer pr/£265.00
- Location: On base
- Method of creation: Hand-written in blue biro
- Type: Label
Inscription present: Circular white stick-on label
- Text: 1222
- Location: On base
- Method of creation: Hand-written in black biro
- Type: Label
References and bibliographic entries
Identification numbers
Accession number: C.237-2015
Primary reference Number: 201323
Old object number: 1222
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Tuesday 12 May 2015
Updated: Tuesday 19 May 2015
Last processed: Wednesday 13 December 2023
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
