Factory:
Longton Hall Porcelain Manufactory
Proprietor:
Littler, William
Soft-paste porcelain peony dish, press-moulded in the shape of a peony flower and decorated in polychrome enamels.
Soft-paste porcelain peony dish, press-moulded, lead-glazed, and painted in yellow, green, brown and puce enamels. The tri-lobed dish is moulded in the shape of a peony flower with overlapping leaf, the crabstock handle with a bud terminal. The flower has yellow petals edges with brown feathering, and puce stamens, the green leaves naturalistically veined in brown.
History note: Unknown before donor
Bequeathed by the Rev. A.V. Valentine-Richards
Height: 5.1 cm
Width: 16.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1933) by Valentine-Richards, A. V., The Rev
18th Century, Mid#
George II
Production date:
circa
AD 1755
Decoration composed of enamels ( yellow, green, brown, and puce)
presumed lead
Lead-glaze
Soft-paste porcelain
Press-moulding
: Soft-paste porcelain, press-moulded, lead-glazedand painted in yellow, green, brown and puce enamels
Glazing (coating)
Accession number: C.79-1933
Primary reference Number: 38128
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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