Factory:
Longton Hall Porcelain Manufactory
Proprietor:
Littler, William
Soft-paste porcelain sauceboat, painted in Chinese famille-rose style with flowers and a moth in green, pink and brown enamels.
Soft-paste porcelain sauceboat, moulded, lead-glazed, and painted in green, pink and brown enamels. The oval sauceboat stands on a flat, unglazed base, has a pinched lip spout, and scrolled strap handle with kick terminal. The sides are moulded with rococo foliate scrolls, and a shell below the spout, on a ground moulded with cell, trellis and chevron diapers. Each side is painted in Chinese famille-rose style with flowers and a moth, below a brown-edged rim.
History note: Dr and Mrs Hugh Statham; Dr Hugh Statham died 1967; Mrs Margaret Statham died 1970
Purchased from Dr and Mrs H Statham Collection with the Cunliffe Fund and grant-in-aid from the Victoria and Albert Museum
Height: 9.5 cm
Width: 18.7 cm
Method of acquisition: Bought (1973) by Collection of Dr & Mrs H. Statham
18th Century, Mid#
George II
Circa
1754
CE
-
1757
CE
Decoration composed of enamels ( green, pink, and brown)
presumed lead
Lead-glaze
Soft-paste porcelain
Moulding
: Soft-paste porcelain, moulded, lead-glazed, and painted in green, pink and brown enamels
Glazing (coating)
Accession number: C.28-1973
Primary reference Number: 38139
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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