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Factory: Worcester Porcelain Factory
Soft-paste porcelain tea bowl and saucer, painted with Japan pattern of flowers in red, orange, blue, turquoise and green enamels and gilt.
Soft-paste porcelain tea bowl and saucer, painted in red, orange, blue, turquoise and green enamels and gilt. The circular tea bowl and saucer have rounded sides, on low footrings. The tea bowl is painted with Japan pattern of alternate sprays of chrysanthemum and flowering prunus, separated by four vertical orange panels, gilt with trelliswork. The interior has a central chrysanthemum head mons; the saucer is painted en suite, with two insects concealing contemporary flaws.
Bequeathed by the Rev. A.V. Valentine-Richards
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1933) by Valentine-Richards, A. V., The Rev
18th Century
George III
Production date:
circa
AD 1770
This pattern is also found on Worcester porcelain decorated in London, probably in the atelier of James Giles. See no. C.7 & A-1918
Decoration
composed of
enamels
( red, orange, blue, turquoise and green)
gold
Saucer
Diameter 12.5 cm
Height 3.0 cm
Tea Bowl
Diameter 7.5 cm
Height 4.8 cm
presumed lead
Lead-glaze
steatitic
Soft-paste porcelain
Glazing (coating) : Soft-paste porcelain, painted in red, orange, blue, turquoise and green enamels and gilt
Accession number: C.93 & A-1933
Primary reference Number: 34212
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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