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Factory: Worcester Porcelain Factory
Soft-paste porcelain sauceboat, painted underglaze in blue with two Chinese scenes on the outside and floral sprays in the interior.
Soft-paste porcelain sauceboat, press-moulded and painted underglaze in blue. Shape and moulded ornament. Decorated with the 'Man with a Bomb' pattern on one side and with a figure fishing on the other; the interior with floral sprays and diaper pattern; down the back of the handle, a scroll.
Given by Ralph Griffin, MA, FSA
Height: 10.5 cm
Length: 20.5 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 (1918) by Griffin, Ralph, MA, FSA
Mid-18th Century
George III
Production date:
circa
AD 1765
Decoration composed of cobalt-blue
possibly lead
Lead-glaze
staetitic
Soft-paste porcelain
Press-moulding
: Soft-paste porcelain, press-moulded and painted underglaze in blue
Glazing (coating)
Accession number: C.53A-1918
Primary reference Number: 32854
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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