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Factory: Worcester Porcelain Factory
Soft-paste porcelain teapot stand, painted underglaze in blue with the 'Dragon' pattern.
Soft-paste porcelain teapot stand, painted underglaze in blue; base unglazed. Six sided with flat base and fluted and lobed sides. Decorated with the 'Dragon' pattern.
Given by Ralph Griffin, MA, FSA
Height: 1.8 cm
Width: 14.0 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 (1918) by Griffin, Ralph, MA, FSA
Mid-18th Century
George II
George III
Circa
1758
-
1765
Decoration composed of cobalt-blue
steatitic
Soft-paste porcelain
Glaze
Accession number: C.58B-1918
Primary reference Number: 32858
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2022) "Teapot stand" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/32858 Accessed: 2022-12-02 12:38:18
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Accession Number: C.119-1932
Accession Number: C.58A-1918
Accession Number: C.4 & A & B-1997
Accession Number: EC.24 & A & B-1946
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