Rose-shaped Box
Soft-paste porcelain Rabbit-shaped Box, painted naturalistically in polychrome enamels.
Rose-shaped Box, soft-paste porcelain, moulded and painted in enamel-colours. Chelsea, red anchor period
History note: Collection of the late Dr Hugh Statham (1895-1967) and Mrs Margaret Statham (d. 1970); lent anonymously in 1970 by their daughter, Miss Beryl Statham (d. 1990) by whom bequeathed
Bequeathed by Miss Statham, accepted by H.M. Government in 1990 in lieu of Inheritance Tax and allocated to the Fitzwilliam Museum
Height: 9.6 cm
Length: 8.4 cm
Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.
Method of acquisition: Allocated (1992-01-20) by H.M. Government
Mid 18th Century
George II
Circa
1752
-
1758
Decoration composed of enamels ( brown, green, yellow, blue and red)
containing bone ash
Soft-paste porcelain
presumed lead
Lead-glaze
Accession number: C.5-1992
Primary reference Number: 240347
Old loan number: Statham Loan 13 & A-1988
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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