IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 208254 accession number: C.707 & A-2016 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Tuesday 9 February 2016 updated: Tuesday 25 June 2019 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Soft-paste porcelain, painted underglaze in blue, and clobbered in blue and gold. The globular pot stands on a footring, and has a short cylindrical neck, a slightly curved spout, and a D-shaped handle with a longitudinal ridge. The wall behind the spout has a circle of six holes with one more in the centre to emit the tea. The domed cover has a narrow rim, a ventilation hole and a cone-shaped knob; the underside of the rim and the flange which fits inside the pot are partially unglazed. Both sides of the pot are decorated in blue with an Oriental landscape with buildings, a bridge, and flowering plants, and a narrow diaper border around the shoulder. The spout has a dainty red floral spray on its underside and a formal leaf motif on the top of by the mouth. Down the back of the handle there are small leaves, flower heads and dots. The cover has three small landscape motifs, and a border to match the shoulder. The top of the knob is decorated with a red star or flowerhead. object type: soft-paste porcelain teapot painted underglaze in blue, and clobbered in red and gold 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/208254 TECHNIQUES ---------- glazing CATEGORIES ------ category: soft-paste porcelain DATING ------ creation date: 1760 - 1780 creation date earliest: 1760 creation date latest: 1780 culture: 18th Century, Late culture: George III CREATORS -------- maker: Worcester Porcelain Factory DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Height units: cm value: 16.7 dimension: Length units: cm value: 22.6