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Factory: New Hall Porcelain Factory
Hybrid hard-paste porcelain painted underglaze in blue, overglaze in red enamel and gold with a wide band of holly leaves and berries between gold bands. Pattern 927.
Hard-paste porcelain painted in blue under presumed lead-glaze, overglaze in red enamel, and gilded. Cylindrical with a ring handle and slightly recessed base. The upper two-thirds of the exterior is decorated with a broad band of blue and gold holly leaves interspersed with red berries and occasional blue and gold berries on wavy blue stems. There is a broad gold band below, another round the rim, and another just above the lower edge. The back of the handle is decorated in gold with six stylized leaves. Pattern 927.
History note: Unknown before Kenneth Henry Bolton; his widow, Hazel Elizabeth Bolton
Given by Hazel E. Bolton in memory of her late husband, Kenneth Henry Bolton
Diameter: 6.9 cm
Height: 6.3 cm
Width: 9.2 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (2017-11-20) by Bolton, Hazel Elizabeth, Mrs
19th Century, Early#
George III
Circa
1800
CE
-
1810
CE
The blue, red and gold colour scheme was derived from Japanese Imari patterns
Decoration composed of enamel ( red) cobalt gold
presumed lead-glaze
Lead-glaze
Hard-paste porcelain
Glazing : Hard-paste porcelain painted in blue under presumed lead-glaze, and in red in overglaze enamel, and gold
Inscription present: circular white paper stick-on label
Inscription present: circular off-white paper stick-on label
Accession number: C.42-2017
Primary reference Number: 222906
Entry Form numbeer: 1338
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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