Factory:
Longton Hall Porcelain Manufactory
Potter:
Littler, William
Soft-paste porcelain sauceboat, decorated with floral sprays in onglaze polychrome enamels
Soft-paste porcelain sauceboat, moulded, lead-glazed, painted onglaze in blue, green, yellow, brownish-red, pale and dark purple, and rose-pink enamels. The silver-shaped body is moulded in relief with scrolls beneath the spout and with a tail at the upper end of the handle. It stands on an oval foot with a moulded border. On each side of the body there is a floral spray. The rim and the moulded details are outlined in purple. Inside there is a floral spray and two leaves, and a flower inside the lip.
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
Height: 13.5 cm
Length: 19.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Allocated (1992) by H.M. Government
18th Century, Mid#
George II
Circa
1753
CE
-
1757
CE
Decoration composed of enamels ( blue, green, yellow, brownish-red, pale and dark purple, and rose-pink)
presumed lead
Lead-glaze
Soft-paste porcelain
Moulding
: Soft-paste porcelain, moulded, lead-glazed, painted onglaze in blue, green, yellow, brownish-red, pale and dark purple, and rose-pink enamels
Lead-glazing
Accession number: C.42-1992
Primary reference Number: 38169
Old loan number: Statham Loan 20-1970
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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