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Factory: Derby Porcelain Manufactory
Soft-paste porcelain box and cover, painted in polychrome enamels with flowers and animals, and gilt.
Soft-paste porcelain box and cover, painted in enamels, and gilt. The circular box is of cylindrical shape, and has a screw-on cover. The cover is painted with an urn of flowers, a peach and two bullfinches on a marble table, against a shaded grey ground, the underside with a gilt foliate cruciform motif. The sides of the box is gilt with a band of berried stiff leaves on a pink ground. The inside is painted with a pointer confronting a brace of pheasants in a wooded landscape, within a serrated border, the underside gilt with concentric circles.
Bequeathed by Major the Hon. H.R. Broughton
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1973-12-06) by Broughton, Henry Rogers, Major the Hon.
19th Century, Early
George III
Production date:
circa
AD 1815
This box was previously attributed to Worcester.
Decoration
composed of
enamels
( polychrome)
gold
Cover
Diameter 9.3 cm
Diameter 3 5/8 in
Height 3 cm
Box
Diameter 9 cm
Diameter 3 1/2 in
Height 2.5 cm
Height 1 in
presume lead
Lead-glaze
Soft-paste porcelain
Glazing (coating) : Soft-paste porcelain box and cover, painted in polychrome enamels with flowers and animals, and gilt
Accession number: M.139 & A-1973
Primary reference Number: 41258
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2025) "Box" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/41258 Accessed: 2025-07-17 04:15:58
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