Factory: Worcester Porcelain 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
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
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Teapot" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/32862 Accessed: 2024-12-18 10:58:30
To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:
{{cite web|url=https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/32862
|title=Teapot
|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-12-18 10:58:30|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
To call these data via our API (remember this needs to be authenticated) you can use this code snippet:
https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/api/v1/objects/object-32862
Updates about future exhibitions and displays, family activities, virtual events & news. You'll be the first to know...