Factory: Worcester Porcelain Factory
Soft-paste porcelain potting pot, painted in polychrome enamels with Chinese scenes.
Soft-paste porcelain potting pot, moulded and painted in red, yellow, green, blue, pink and brown enamels. The oval tubs have lobed dodecagonal sloping sides, which flare outwards towards the rim. The sides are moulded with two oval panels edged with scrolls and rocaillerie, which are divided by two smaller rococo motifs. The two panels are painted in famille verte style with a man holding a fishing net, and a boy fishing in mountainous river landscapes. The interior of each painted with a central flower spray, the rim with a green cell diaper border interspersed with floral vignettes.
History note: Dr and Mrs Hugh Statham; Dr Staham died 1967; Mrs Statham died 1970;
Purchased with the Cunliffe Fund, and with grant-in-aid from the Victoria and Albert Museum
Diameter: 18.5 cm
Height: 7 cm
Method of acquisition: Bought (1973) by Collection of Dr & Mrs H. Statham
18th Century, Mid#
George II
Circa
1752
CE
-
1755
CE
This pot and its pair were accessioned as butter tubs, but by the mid 1980s this form was being described as a potted-meat dish. Research by Trevor Darling supports their use as potting pots. See Documentation
Decoration composed of enamels ( red, yellow, green, blue, pink and brown)
presumed lead
Lead-glaze
presumed to contain steatite
Soft-paste porcelain
Moulding
: Soft-paste porcelain, moulded, and painted in red, yellow, green, blue, pink and brown enamels
Glazing (coating)
Accession number: C.25B-1973
Primary reference Number: 37025
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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