Worcester Porcelain Factory
(Factory)
Soft-paste porcelain teapot and cover, painted onglaze with flowers in polychrome enamels, and gilt.
Soft-paste porcelain painted onglaze in red, yellow, green, pink and purple enamels, and gilt. The globular teapot has a curved spout and ribbed loop handle, supported on a low footring; the slightly domed cover is surmounted by an open flower knob with leaf terminals. Both sides are painted with a central bouquet of flowers surrounded by a smaller scattered sprigs. There is a puce flowerhead at the base of the spout, and a gilt star on the handle; the cover is decorated en suite, with a gilt line border.
Given by Ralph Griffin, MA, FSA
Height: 14.0 cm
Length: 18.0 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
18th century
George III
Circa
1765
-
1770
Decoration composed of enamels ( red, yellow, green, pink and purple) gold
presumed lead Lead-glaze steatitic Soft-paste porcelain
Glazing (coating) : Soft-paste porcelain painted onglaze in red, yellow, green, pink and purple enamels and gilt
Accession number: C.66 & A-1918
Primary reference Number: 32862
Stable URI
Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2022)
"Teapot"
Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/32862 Accessed: 2022-06-26 15:10:52
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