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Soft-paste porcelain mug, decorated with flower sprays in onlglaze polychrome enamels.
Soft-paste porcelain mug, painted in red, pink, purple, yellow and green enamels. The cylindrical mug flares slightly at the foot and has a scrolled strap handle with kick terminal. It is painted on one side with an overflowing cornucopia of flowers, the reverse with a bouquet and scattered sprigs. The inside rim is banded with alternate scrolls and flowerheads.
History note: Bought from the Merton Thoms Collection, sold Christie's. 11th February, 1910, part of lot 187, £5 15s 6d.
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 11.0 cm
Width: 10.7 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: Bequeathed
(1928)
by
Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
Late 18th century
George III
Production date:
circa
AD 1780
Decoration composed of enamels ( red, pink, purple, green and yellow)
presumed lead Lead-glaze Soft-paste porcelain
Glazing (coating) : Soft-paste porcelain, painted in red, pink, purple, yellow and green enamels
Accession number: C.3125-1928
Primary reference Number: 38350
Old object number: 3157, vol. 10
Stable URI
Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2022)
"Mug"
Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/38350 Accessed: 2022-07-02 11:46:50
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