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Sugar bowl: C.88 & A-1918

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Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Factory: Worcester Porcelain Factory
Engraver: Hancock, Robert

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Description

Soft-paste porcelain sugar bowl and cover, transfer-printed in black with 'May Day', 'The Milkmaids' and a pastoral scene on the bowl, and three prints of ruins and trees on the cover.

Soft-paste porcelain sugarbowl and cover, transfer-printed onglaze in black. Circular with deep sides, standing on a footring; cover with double curve, surmounted by a flower knop with a stem and two leaves; interior flange. Decorated on the bowl with 'May Day', 'The Milkmaids' and a pastoral scene of a cowherd behind a standing cow, a recumbent cow, and another being milked in the distance. On the cover, three prints of ruins and trees. Black line round rim of both.

Legal notes

Given by Ralph Griffin, MA, FSA

Measurements and weight

Height: 12.5 cm
Width: 12 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1918) by Griffin, Ralph, MA, FSA

Dating

18th Century, Mid
George III
Production date: circa AD 1765

School or Style

Rococo

People, subjects and objects depicted

Components of the work

Decoration composed of enamel ( black)

Materials used in production

presumed lead Lead-glaze
Soft-paste porcelain

Techniques used in production

Glazing (coating) : Soft-paste porcelain, transfer-printed onglaze in black

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.88 & A-1918
Primary reference Number: 32906

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 30 April 2024

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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