Factory: Seth Pennington's Factory
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.
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
Given by the Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum
Diameter: 5.6 cm
Height: 68 cm
Width: 8.1 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (2015-04-20) by The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum
18th Century, Late
George III
Circa
1780
CE
-
1790
CE
Decoration composed of cobalt
Inscription present: Rectangular white paper stick on label
Inscription present: Rectangular white paper stick-on label
Inscription present: Circular white stick-on label
Accession number: C.237-2015
Primary reference Number: 201323
Old object number: 1222
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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