Factory: Worcester Porcelain Factory
Soft-paste porcelain teapot with fluted body, painted in polychrome enamels with floral sprays and sprigs, and gilt
Soft-paste porcelain (presumed steatitic), moulded, with applied moulded spout, handle, and knob, glazed and painted in blue, green, yellow, pink, dark pink, red, and purple enamels, and gilded. The pot has a fluted barrel-shaped body with a recessed base, upward-tilting fluted spout, and ear-shaped handle. The almost flat cover rests on a ledge inside the mouth of the pot. Its top is moulded with flutes radiating from a flower knob on a stem with two leaves. The underside of its rim and the exterior of the flange which fits inside the pot are unglazed. The sides are each decorated with a different large floral arrangement surrounded by four floral sprays and two leaf sprigs. The back of the handle, and the top and underside of the spout have a gold formal flowerhead with dots extending on both sides of it , anbd there is a gold band round the mouth and the end of the spout. There are three small floral sprays and two leaves painted on the cover, and the flower knob has a yellow centre and pink-tipped petals. A gold band encircles its outer edge.
History note: Unknown before donor
Given by Professor Shon Ffowcs-Williams
Height: 11.6 cm
Length: 19.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (2016-01-25) by Ffowcs-Williams, Shon
18th Century, Late
George III
Production date:
circa
AD 1780
Decoration
composed of
enamel
( blue, green, yellow, pink, purple, brownish-red)
Deocration
composed of
gold
presumed lead-glaze
Glaze
presumed steatitic
Soft-paste porcelain
Moulding
: Soft-paste porcelain, moulded, with applied handle, spout and knob, glazed, and painted in blue, green, yellow, pink, purple, brownish-red enamels, and gilded
Lead-glazing
Accession number: C.715 & a-2016
Primary reference Number: 208412
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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