Current Location: Gallery 26 (Lower Marlay)
Maker(s)
Factory:
Worcester Porcelain Factory
Entities
Categories
Description
Soft-paste porcelain basket, painted with flowers in onglaze polychrome enamels.
Soft-paste porcelain basket, with painted onglaze polychrome enamels. The basket is circular with openwork sides, pierced in the shape of fourteen intertwined circles, which are applied on the exterior with cinquefoil florettes at the intersections. The interior is painted in the centre with a bouquet of flowers in red, yellow, green, 'dry-blue', pink and purple, with scattered sprigs around the well and pierced sides. The exterior has applied yellow centred green flowerheads. The rim with a gilt line border.
Notes
History note: Unknown before donor, Mrs W.D. (Frances Louisa) Dickson, Bournemouth
Legal notes
Given by Mrs W.D. Dickson
Measurements and weight
Diameter: 22.5 cm
Height: 6 cm
Place(s) associated
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Worcester
⪼ Worcestershire
⪼ England
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Given
(1932)
by
Dickson, W. D. (Frances Louisa), Mrs
Dating
18th Century, Mid#
George III
Production date:
circa
AD 1765
Components of the work
Decoration
composed of
enamels
( red, yellow, purple, pink and 'dry-blue')
gold
Materials used in production
presumed lead
Lead-glaze
steatitic
Soft-paste porcelain
Techniques used in production
Glazing (coating)
: Soft-paste porcelain, with painted onglaze enamels in red, yellow, green, 'dry-blue', pink and purple and gilt
References and bibliographic entries
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Identification numbers
Accession number: C.132-1932
Primary reference Number: 33945
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Audit data
Created: Saturday 6 August 2011
Updated: Thursday 18 November 2021
Last processed: Wednesday 13 December 2023
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
