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Factory:
Worcester Porcelain Factory
Engraver:
Hancock, Robert
(Possibly)
Soft-paste porcelain cream jug, transfer-printed onglaze in greyish-purple, painted in polychrome enamels with scenes of classical ruins, and gilt.
Soft-paste porcelain cream jug, transfer-printed onglaze in greyish-purple, painted in blue, green, yellow, red and brown enamel colours and gilt. Pear-shaped body standing on a footring; loop handle. Printed on one side with 'Ruins with Obelisk' and on the other with 'Ruins by a Lake'.
History note: Unknown before Dr W.S. Hadley (d. 25 December 1927), Master of Pembroke College, Cambridge
Bequeathed by Dr W.S. Hadley
Height: 9.5 cm
Width: 10.0 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: Bequeathed (1927-12-25) by Hadley, W. S.
18th century
George III
Circa
1765
-
Circa
1770
No signed examples of the prints are known but the style of the engraving suggests that they are by Robert Hancock.
Decoration composed of enamels ( greysh-purple, blue, green, yellow, red and brown) gold
presumed lead
Lead-glaze
Soft-paste porcelain
Glazing (coating) : Soft-paste porcelain, transfer-printed onglaze in greyish-purple, painted in blue, green, yellow, red and brown enamel colours and gilt
Accession number: C.38-1927
Primary reference Number: 33067
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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