IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 208412 accession number: C.715 & a-2016 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Tuesday 23 February 2016 updated: Tuesday 26 March 2024 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: 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. object type: soft-paste porcelain teapot with fluted body, painted in polychrome enamels with floral sprays and sprigs, and gilt 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/208412 SUBJECTS ------------------- flower flower TECHNIQUES ---------- soft-paste porcelain, moulded, with applied handle, spout and knob, glazed, and painted in blue, green, yellow, pink, purple, brownish-red enamels, and gilded moulding TECHNIQUES ---------- lead-glazing CATEGORIES ------ category: soft-paste porcelain category: teaware DATING ------ creation date: 1780 - 1780 creation date earliest: 1780 creation date latest: 1780 culture: 18th Century, Late culture: George III CREATORS -------- maker: Worcester Porcelain Factory DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Height units: cm value: 11.6 dimension: Length units: cm value: 19.5