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Dish: C.106-1933

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Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Factory: Worcester Porcelain Factory

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Description

Soft-paste porcelain, painted underglaze in blue, and decorated with flowers onglaze in polychrome enamels and gilt.

Soft-paste porcelain dish, decorated underglaze in blue, onglaze in polychrome enamels and gilding. Square with lobed corners and incurved wavy sides. Painted in the centre with a spray of coloured flowers. Round the rim there is a broad band of underglaze blue decorated with 'oeil-de-perdrix' gilding; below, a rococo scroll border with hanging swags of flowers and foliage in dark lilac; and on the edge, gilt dentilations.

Legal notes

Bequeathed by the Rev. A.V. Valentine-Richards

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 20.8 cm
Height: 4.2 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1933) by Valentine-Richards, A. V., The Rev

Dating

18th Century
George III
Production date: circa AD 1770

Note

This square dish imitates the shape known in France as a compotier carré, and introduced at Vincennes in 1754. The dishes were used for fruit compote

Components of the work

Decoration composed of enamels ( polychrome) cobalt-blue gold

Materials used in production

presumed lead Lead-glaze
steatitic Soft-paste porcelain

Techniques used in production

Moulding : Soft-paste porcelain decorated underglaze in blue, onglaze in polychrome enamels and gilding
Glazing (coating)

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.106-1933
Primary reference Number: 34311

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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