IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 208235 accession number: C.713 & A-2016 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Tuesday 9 February 2016 updated: Tuesday 26 March 2024 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Soft-paste porcelain, decorated with an underglaze dark blue ground, painting in green, yellow, red, puce, purple enamels, and gilding. The globular pot stands on a footring and has a short cylindrical neck, a slightly curved, upward-tilting spout, and a D-shaped loop handle. The wall behind the spout has six holes to emit the tea. The domed cover has a ventilation hole and a knob in the shape of a flower on a stalk with two leaves; the underside of its rim, and the outside of the flange which fits inside the neck of the pot are unglazed. On each side of the pot there is a circular reserve framed by gold scrolls and short strokes, enclosing on one side two exotic birds and two plants, and on the other, one exotic bird and a plant. Under the spout there is an oval reserve with a gold frame enclosing a rose bud and leaves. There are four sprays of gold leaves at the junction of the top of the handle with the body, three at its lower end, and two leaves, two spots, two dots and a stroke down the back of the handle. The cover has two oval reserves with gold frames enclosing a butterly and another insect respectively. The flower knob has a yellow centre and pink-tipped petals. object type: soft-paste porcelain teapot, decorated with an underglaze blue ground, and reserves painted in polychrome enamels and with exotic birds and insects, and gilded title: teapot NOTES ----- type: history note value: unknown before donor LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts creditline: Given by Professor Shon Ffowcs-Williams STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/208235 TECHNIQUES ---------- glazing CATEGORIES ------ category: soft-paste porcelain category: teaware DATING ------ creation date: 1765 - 1770 creation date earliest: 1765 creation date latest: 1770 culture: 18th Century, third quarter culture: George III CREATORS -------- maker: Worcester Porcelain Factory DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Height units: cm value: 15.6 dimension: Length units: cm value: 19 CITATIONS -------- The F.S. Mackenna Collection of English Porcelain, Part 2, Worcester ---