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Parrot with Bocage: C.68-1932

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Object information

Current Location: In storage

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Parrot with Bocage

Maker(s)

Factory: Bow Porcelain Manufactory

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Description

Soft-paste porcelain containing bone ash, figure of a Parrot with Bocage, press-moulded, with hand-modelled details, painted over very slightly turquoise-tinted lead-glaze in polychrome enamels, and gilt.

Soft-paste porcelain containing bone ash, figure of a Parrot with Bocage, press-moulded, with hand-modelled details, painted over very slightly turquoise-tinted lead-glaze in pale blue, yellowish-green, bluish-green, yellow, dark pink, orange-red, and a little black enamel, and gilt. The underside is concave and has a small ventilation hole below the figure. The circular base has incurved sides with four circular holes at the front, and one at the side, and on at centre back, probably for an attachment. Its scrolled edges form five low supports. At the back there is a tree with three long trunks linked by smaller branches bearing polychrome flowers and leaves which form a broad oval bocage. In front of it there is a tree stump surrounded by applied flowers and leaves on which perches a parrot with its head on the viewer's left, looking to the front. It has plumage of two shades of green with orange-red tail feathers, an orange-red area above its beak and black eyes. The base is picked out in green and gold.

Notes

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

Legal notes

Given by Mrs W.D. Dickson

Measurements and weight

Height: 18.3 cm
Width: 13.0 cm

Place(s) associated

  • Stratford-le-Bow ⪼ Essex ⪼ England

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

18th Century, second half#
George III
Circa 1765 - 1774

School or Style

Rococo

Components of the work

Decoration composed of enamels ( pale blue, yellowish-green, bluish-green, yellow, dark pink, orange-red, and a little black) gold
Whoel composed of lead-glaze ( presumed lead)
Details

Materials used in production

presumed phosphatic Soft-paste porcelain

Techniques used in production

Press-moulding : Soft-paste porcelain containing bone ash, press-moulded, with hand-modelled details, painted over very slightly turquoise-tinted lead-glaze in polychrome enamels, and gilt
Lead-glazing

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.68-1932
Primary reference Number: 41955
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020 Last processed: Wednesday 13 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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