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Tea cup: C.96F-1918

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Current Location: In storage

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Factory: Barr, Flight and Barr

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Soft-paste porcelain tea cup, painted with The Four Elements in a deep salmon-pink/orange ground, bat-printed in black, and gilt.

Soft-paste porcelain tea cup, painted with a deep salmon-pink/orange ground, bat-printed in black, and gilt. The tea cup (D), is of circular shape with waisted base to the sloping sides. It has a circular ring handle with scroll terminal. It is decorated with a salmon-pink border gilt with a vermicular pattern, and banded in gilt, reserved with octagonal panels containing classical deities representative of The Four Elements, bat-printed in black.

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Given by Ralph Griffin, MA, FSA

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1918) by Griffin, Ralph, MA, FSA

Dating

19th Century, Early
George III
Circa 1804 CE - 1813 CE

Components of the work

Decoration composed of enamel ( black, salmon-pink/orange ground) gold
Tea Cup Height 6 cm

Materials used in production

presumed lead Lead-glaze
Soft-paste porcelain

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.96F-1918
Primary reference Number: 37300

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Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 30 April 2024

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Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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