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Coffee can: C.239-2015

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Factory: New Hall Porcelain Factory

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Description

Hybrid hard-paste porcelain coffee can decorated with an orange ground, with reserved motifs and gilding

Hybrid hard-paste porcelain, slightly speckled on the base of interior, with decoration reserved in a bright orange ground, and gilded. Cylindrical with a loop handle which has a slight vertical ridge. The exterior is decorated with stylized floral motifs reserved the orange ground which is overlaid by curling stems with leaves, and palmette-like motifs painted in gold. There are gold bands below the design and round the rim, and the sides and upper part of the handle are gilded. Pattern 676

Notes

History note: Stockbridge, London, from whom purchased on 22 September 1992 by Christopher Hogwood, CBE (1941-2014), Cambridge; sold by the executors

Legal notes

From the Collection of Christopher Hogwood. Given by the Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 6.6 cm
Height: 6.2 cm
Width: 8.3 cm

Place(s) associated

  • New Hall ⪼ Staffordshire ⪼ England

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (2015-04-27) by The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum

Dating

18th Century, Late#
George III
Production date: circa AD 1800

School or Style

Neoclassical

Components of the work

Decoration composed of ground colour ( orange) gilding

Materials used in production

presumed lead glaze Lead-glaze
Hybrid hard-paste porcelain

Techniques used in production

Lead-glazing : Hybrid-hard-paste porcelain decorated with an orange ground with reserved and gilded decoration

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: Rectangular white paper stick-on label

  • Text: NEW HALL/COFFEE CAN/P 676/£112
  • Location: On base
  • Method of creation: Hand-written in black ink
  • Type: Label

Inscription present: Circular white paper stick-on label

  • Text: 152
  • Location: On base
  • Method of creation: Hand-written in blue ink
  • Type: Label

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.239-2015
Primary reference Number: 201325
Old object number: 152
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Audit data

Created: Tuesday 12 May 2015 Updated: Wednesday 17 February 2016 Last processed: Wednesday 13 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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