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Beaded Beaker on a Foot: C.154-1932

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Beaded Beaker on a Foot

Maker(s)

Factory: Spode

Entities

Categories

Description

Bone china, painted with Middle Eastern figures in polychrome enamels, and gilded

Bone china, with applied beading, painted overglaze in blue, turquoise, shades of green, yellow, flesh-pink, brown, grey, and black enamels, and gilded. The trumpet-shaped vase, stands on an applied incurved foot. The side of the vase is decorated on the left with a tree stump and a funerary urn on a pedestal with a shield leaning against its side. To the right of it, a man wearing a hat, tunic and trousers is putting his arms around a fair-haired woman dressed in a long white dress, approached by a man wearing a turban, tunic and trousers, holding a dagger in his left hand. In the background there are several buildings, faintly painted in grey, and on the extreme right, a short brown tree stump. The foot is gilded overall and there are horizontal gold bands on the beaker above the foot, and below the rim. The white beading is applied around the outer edge of the foot, and the lower and upper edges of the beaker.

Notes

History note: Unknown before donor, Mrs W.D. (Frances Louisa) Dickson, Bournemouth

Legal notes

Given by Mrs W.D. Dickson

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 12 cm
Height: 15.5 cm

Place(s) associated

  • Stoke ⪼ Staffordshire ⪼ England

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1932-10) by Dickson, W. D. (Frances Louisa), Mrs

Dating

19th Century, Early#
Production date: circa AD 1820

Components of the work

Decoration composed of enamels ( polychrome) gold
Foot Diameter 7.5 cm

Materials used in production

Glaze
Bone china

Techniques used in production

Moulding : Bone china, moulded, glazed and painted in polychrome enamels
Glazing (coating)

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: SPODE
  • Location: On underside of foot
  • Method of creation: Painted in red
  • Type: Factory mark

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.154-1932
Primary reference Number: 40619
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 18 December 2023 Last processed: Monday 18 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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