Worcester Porcelain Factory
(Factory)
Soft-paste porcelain saucer, transfer-printed underglaze in blue. Circular with curved sides, standing on a foot-ring. Decorated with 'The Fence' pattern and a two-line border.
Given by Mrs Laurence Humphrey
Height: 2.7 cm
Width: 12.0 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: Given
(1915-11-05)
by
Humphry, Lawrence, Mrs.
Late 18th century
George III
Circa
1765
-
1785
Decoration composed of cobalt-blue
steatitic Soft-paste porcelain Glaze
Moulding : Soft-paste porcelain, transfer-printed underglaze in blue
Glazing (coating)
Accession number: C.27A-1915
Primary reference Number: 32826
Stable URI
Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2022)
"Saucer"
Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/32826 Accessed: 2022-06-28 19:49:05
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