Factory: Vauxhall Porcelain Factory
Soft-paste porcelain, moulded, glazed and painted underglaze with a Chinese garden scene in bright blue.
Soft-paste porcelain painted underglaze in bright blue. The glaze is very pale greenish-blue. Circular with shallow curved sides, standing on a footring. There is a faint incised circle underglaze on the base. The front is painted with a Chinese figure wearing a hat, standing beside a fence and plants with a butterfly (?) overhead. To the left of the figure a goose-like bird is perching on a table beside a tree. In the foreground on the edge of the saucer there is a stylised plant between tufts of grass.
History note: Dr Bernard Watney; sold Phillips, Bond Street, London, 4 March, 1998, Good European Ceramics and Glass, lot 314
Given by the Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum
Method of acquisition: Given (1998-04-27) by The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum
18th Century, Mid#
Circa
1755
CE
-
1760
CE
The Vauxhall factory was founded c. 1753 by John Sanders and Nicholas Crisp, the latter being the financial backer. Sanders died in 1758 and was succeeded by his son, William. Crisp was declared bankrupt in 1763 and this led to the closure of the factory. It made soft-paste porcelain, mainly teawares decorated underglaze in blue Chinese-style patterns.
Glaze
composed of
glaze
( greenish-blue)
Decoration
composed of
cobalt oxide
Whole, Minimum
Height 1.6 cm
Whole, Maximum
Height 1.8 cm
Moulding
: Soft paste porcelain painted underglaze in bright blue
Glazing (coating)
Inscription present: circular paper with grey circle enclosing BMW joined for Bernard M. Watney
Accession number: C.9-1998
Primary reference Number: 28600
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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