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Longton Hall Porcelain Manufactory
(Factory)
Littler, William
(Potter)
Soft-paste porcelain vase and floral cover, painted in polychrome enamels
Soft-paste porcelain vase with floral cover, moulded with scrolls and 'rocaillerie', and with applied modelled flowers, lead-glazed, and painted in polychrome enamels. Of double ogee urn shape, the vase stands on a waisted foot and flat, unglazed base, flower sprays and sprigs, the applied flowers naturalistically coloured.
History note: Ralph Griffin, MA, FSA (1854-1941), St John's College, Cambridge
Given by Ralph Griffin, MA
Height: 14.5 cm
Width: 7.8 cm
Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.
Method of acquisition: Given
(1918-08-28)
by
Griffin, Ralph, MA, FSA
Mid-18th Century
George II
George III
Circa
1755
CE
-
1760
CE
Decoration composed of enamels ( polychrome)
except for base Lead-glaze Soft-paste porcelain
Moulding : Soft-paste porcelain, moulded, with applied modelled decoration, lead-glazed, and painted in polychrome enamels
Glazing (coating)
Accession number: C.115 & A-1918
Primary reference Number: 38064
Stable URI
Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2022)
"Vase"
Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/38064 Accessed: 2022-05-19 21:55:44
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