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Factory:
Spode
Production:
Howitt, Samuel
(After)
Bone china, bat-printed in dark grey enamel with two hounds attacking a pheasant, and gilt.
Bone china with clear glaze, bat-printed in dark grey and gilt. Cylindrical with a recessed base and ear-shaped handle. Decorated on the side opposite to the handle with two hounds attacking a pheasant. There is one gilt band round the lower edge, 3 mm up from the base, and a narrow band and a broad band round the rim. The outside of the handle is decorated with a long stylised leaf with serrated edges, and a trefoil leaf at the top.
History note: Webb, Muriel Elizabeth
Bequeathed by Muriel Elizabeth Webb
Height: 6.3 cm
Width: 8.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1996-06-10) by Webb, M. E., Mrs
19th Century, Early
Circa
1810
CE
-
1820
CE
The design is pattern 557.
Decoration
composed of
enamel
( dark grey)
gold
Rim
Diameter 6.5 cm
Moulding
: Bone china, bat-printed in dark grey and gilded
Glazing (coating)
Accession number: C.18-1996
Primary reference Number: 40664
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2025) "Coffee can" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/40664 Accessed: 2025-04-24 12:13:13
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University of Cambridge}}
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