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Coffee Can and Saucer
Factory:
Unknown
(Probably)
Decorator:
New Hall Porcelain Factory
(Perhaps)
Hard-paste porcelain coffee can and saucer, painted overglaze with Oriental landscape in blue and red enamels, and gilt.
Hard-paste porcelain coffee can and saucer, painted overglaze in blue and red enamels, and gilt. The cylindrical cup has an ear-shaped handle with an internal kick near the lower end, and a recessed base. The circular saucer has sloping sides and a flat centre with a recessed base. The underside of the edges of the base of both pieces are unglazed. The cup is decorated on the exterior with a continuous stylised Oriental landscape with buildings, hillocks, and fruiting and other trees. There was originally a gold band round the rim, and the handle has patches of gilding on its outer surface. The saucer is decorated en suite inside and has the slight remains of a gold band round the design, and another round the rim.
History note: Peter Crabbe, 3 Pembroke Street, Cambridge
Bought with the University Purchase Fund
Width: 8.9 cm
Method of acquisition: Bought (2001) by Peter Crabbe Antiques
18th Century, Late-19th Century, Early#
George III
George IV
Circa
1770
CE
-
1830
CE
Although the porcelain appears to be Chinese, the place of decoration is not entirely certain to be Chinese.
Decoration
composed of
gilt
( patches)
enamel
( red and blue)
Saucer
Diameter 13.3 cm
Height 3.0 cm
Rim
Diameter 6.2 cm
Cup
Height 6.5 cm
Throwing
: Thrown, painted overglaze in blue and red enamels, with patches of gilding on outer surface
Glazing (coating)
Accession number: C.2 & A-2001
Primary reference Number: 20856
Entry form number: 147
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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