Current Location: Gallery 26 (Lower Marlay)
Maker(s)
Factory:
Worcester Porcelain Factory
Entities
Categories
Description
Soft-paste porcelain coffee pot and cover, decorated with a powder-blue ground, and painted underglaze in blue with Chinese scenes.
Soft-paste porcelain coffee pot and cover, with a powder-blue ground, and painted underglaze in blue. The pear-shaped coffee pot has a long curved spout, and ear-shaped strap handle with scroll thumbpiece and terminal, on a low footring. The domed cover is surmounted by a conical knop. The powder-blue ground is reserved on each side with a large fan-shaped panel enclosing a scene of a figure fishing, surrounded by four small circular medallions enclosing flower sprigs. The cover is decorated en suite.
Legal notes
Bequeathed by J.F.P. Parker
Measurements and weight
Height: 23 cm
Width: 17.5 cm
Relative size of this object
Place(s) associated
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Worcester
⪼ Worcestershire
⪼ England
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed
(1967)
by
Parker, J. F. P.
Dating
Mid-18th Century
George III
Circa
1760
-
1765
People, subjects and objects depicted
Components of the work
Decoration
composed of
powder-blue
cobalt-blue
Materials used in production
presumed lead
Lead-glaze
steatitic
Soft-paste porcelain
Techniques used in production
Glazing (coating)
References and bibliographic entries
Identification numbers
Accession number: C.2 & A-1967
Primary reference Number: 37023
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Saturday 6 August 2011
Updated: Wednesday 15 July 2020
Last processed: Sunday 21 March 2021
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
