Factory: Worcester Porcelain Factory
Soft-paste porcelain tea cup, painted on the outside with the 'Jabberwocky' pattern onglaze in red, green, 'dry-blue' and turquoise enamels, and gilt.
Soft-paste porcelain tea cup, painted onglaze in red, green, 'dry-blue' and turquoise enamels, and gilt. The circular cup is on a low footring, with entwined double twig handle with leaf terminal, the sides with concave flutes and scalloped rim. The cup is painted on the outside with the 'Jabberwocky' pattern, the inside with a turquoise border, edged with gilt rococo scrolls, interspersed with red trellis diaper vignettes and oriental flowers.
Bequeathed by the Rev. A.V. Valentine-Richards
Diameter: 10.0 cm
Height: 4.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1933) by Valentine-Richards, A. V., The Rev
18th Century
George III
Circa
1768
-
1770
The border pattern is also found in conjunction with the Quail pattern.
Decoration composed of enamels ( red, green, 'dry-blue' and turquoise) gold
presumed lead
Lead-glaze
steatitic
Soft-paste porcelain
Glazing (coating) : Soft-paste porcelain painted onglaze in red, green, 'dry-blue' and turquoise enamels, and gilt
Accession number: C.94-1933
Primary reference Number: 34237
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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