Current Location: Gallery 26 (Lower Marlay)
Maker(s)
Factory:
Worcester Porcelain Factory
Entities
Categories
Description
Soft-paste porcelain sauceboat, painted with birds and flowers onglaze in polychrome enamels against a yellow ground.
Soft-paste porcelain sauceboat, moulded and painted onglaze in red, yellow, green, and pink enamels against a yellow ground. The oval sauceboat has rounded sides, moulded with 'pleats' and scroll-edged panels. With pinched lip spout, handle with scroll thumbpiece and domed oval foot. Painted with two panels of birds and a small medallion enclosing a rose, in reserve on the pale yellow ground. The rim and spout with flowers.
Notes
History note: Unknown before donor, Mrs W.D. (Frances Louisa) Dickson, Bournemouth
Legal notes
Given by Mrs W.D. Dickson
Measurements and weight
Height: 6.5 cm
Length: 13.6 cm
Place(s) associated
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Worcester
⪼ Worcestershire
⪼ England
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Given
(1950)
by
Dickson, W. D. (Frances Louisa), Mrs
Dating
18th Century, Mid#
George III
Circa
1760
-
1765
Components of the work
Decoration
composed of
enamels
( red, yellow, green, and pink)
Materials used in production
presumed lead
Lead-glaze
steatitic
Soft-paste porcelain
Techniques used in production
Moulding
: Soft-paste porcelain, moulded and painted onglaze in red, yellow, green, and pink enamels against a yellow ground
Glazing (coating)
References and bibliographic entries
Identification numbers
Accession number: C.109-1950
Primary reference Number: 36841
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Saturday 6 August 2011
Updated: Tuesday 31 March 2015
Last processed: Wednesday 13 December 2023
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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