Worcester Porcelain Factory
(Factory)
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.
Bequeathed by J.F.P. Parker
Height: 23 cm
Width: 17.5 cm
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Method of acquisition: Bequeathed
(1967)
by
Parker, J. F. P.
Mid-18th Century
George III
Circa
1760
-
1765
Decoration composed of powder-blue cobalt-blue
presumed lead Lead-glaze steatitic Soft-paste porcelain
Accession number: C.2 & A-1967
Primary reference Number: 37023
Stable URI
Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2022)
"Coffee pot"
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