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Factory: Worcester Porcelain Factory
Soft-paste porcelain tea bowl and saucer, painted in polychrome enamels with a pastoral scene.
Soft paste porcelain tea bowl and saucer, painted in polychrome enamel colours. Cup circular with shaped six-sided rim, the sides moulded with six vertical panels and a stylised floral border, standing on a footring. Decorated with two oval panels framed by black scrolls, each enclosing a shepherd and shepherdess in a landscape; between the panels, two floral sprigs. Saucer circular with shaped six-sided rim, moulded with a circular scroll framed panel and a stylised floral border. Decorated with a shepherd and shepherdess in a landscape, surrounded by four floral sprigs and a flower head; dark red line on rim.
History note: Dr and Mrs Hugh Statham; Dr Statham died 1967; Mrs Statham died 1970; their daughter, Miss Beryl Statham by whom lent anonymously in 1970. Bequeathed by Miss Statham, 1990, accepted by H.M. Government in lieu of Inheritance Tax and allocated to the Fitzwilliam Museum
Bequeathed by Miss Statham, accepted by H.M. Government in lieu of Inheritance Tax and allocated to the Fitzwilliam Museum
Method of acquisition: Allocated (1990) by H.M. Government
18th Century, Mid#
George II
Circa
1755
-
1760
Decoration
composed of
enamels
( polychrome)
Saucer
Diameter 12.1 cm
Cup Rim
Diameter 7.3 cm
Cup
Height 4.5 cm
presumed lead
Lead-glaze
steatitic
Soft-paste porcelain
Accession number: C.54 & A-1992
Primary reference Number: 37246
Old object number: Statham Loan 22 & A-1970
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Tea bowl" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/37246 Accessed: 2024-11-21 22:09:38
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