IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 32899 accession number: C.87-1918 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Soft-paste porcelain tea cup, decorated underglaze in scale-blue, onglaze in green, yellow, pink, red, purple and grey enamels, and gilt. Circular with rounded sides and loop handle with kick terminal. On the outside, the scale-blue ground is reserved with two shaped cartouches of dishevelled birds in coloured enamels, separated by smaller vase-shaped and triangular panels of insects, all edged with gilt rococo scrollwork. Below there is a gilt band; and on the back of the handle, a gilt scroll. object type: Soft-paste porcelain tea cup, decorated with birds and insects underglaze in scale-blue, onglaze in polychrome enamels, and gilt. title: tea cup LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts collection: Ralph Griffin creditline: Given by Ralph Griffin, MA, FSA STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/32899 SUBJECTS ------------------- insects flowers insects flowers TECHNIQUES ---------- glazing (coating) CATEGORIES ------ category: soft-paste porcelain DATING ------ creation date: 1770 - 1775 creation date earliest: 1770 creation date latest: 1775 culture: 18th Century culture: George III CREATORS -------- maker: Worcester Porcelain Factory DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Diameter units: cm value: 8.0 dimension: Height units: cm value: 5.0 CITATIONS -------- The Illustrated Guide to Worcester Porcelain, 1751-1793 --- IMAGES surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa2/C_87_1918_281_29.jpg height: 550 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa2/mid_C_87_1918_281_29.jpg height: 362 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa2/C_87_1918_281_29.jpg height: 550 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa2/preview_C_87_1918_281_29.jpg height: 181 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa2/C_87_1918_282_29.jpg height: 550 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa2/mid_C_87_1918_282_29.jpg height: 362 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa2/C_87_1918_282_29.jpg height: 550 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa2/preview_C_87_1918_282_29.jpg height: 181 pixels width: 250 pixels