Cormorant
Factory: Bow Porcelain Manufactory
Soft-paste porcelain containing bone ash, figure of a Cormorant, press-moulded, and clear-glazed.
Soft-paste porcelain containing bone ash, figure of a Cormorant, press-moulded, and clear-glazed. The roughly circular rocky base is concave underneath with a deeper depression under the figure, and glazed except for its flat edge. The cormorant stands on with its left leg extended and foot on the ground. Its right leg is higher up on the rock and only three toes are showing. Its wings are outstretched, and its head turned to its left. The base is decorated with three different types of applied shell and spongy weed.
History note: Dr and Mrs Hugh Statham; Dr Statham died 1967; Mrs Statham died 1970; their daughter, Miss Beryl Statham by whom lent anonymously in 1970 (Statham Loan 25-1970). Bequeathed by Miss Statham, 1990, accepted by H.M. Government in lieu of Inheritance Tax and allocated to the Fitzwilliam Museum
Bequeathed by Miss Statham, accepted by H.M.Government in 1990 in lieu of Inheritance Tax, and allocated to the Fitzwilliam Museum
Height: 8.6 cm
Method of acquisition: Allocated (1990) by H.M. Government
18th Century, Mid#
George II
Circa
1754
-
1756
Across Wings Width 8.6 cm
presumed lead
Lead-glaze
presumed phosphatic and containing bone ash
Soft-paste porcelain
Press-moulding
: Soft-paste porcelain containing bone ash, press-moulded, and clear-glazed
Glazing (coating)
Accession number: C.22A-1992
Primary reference Number: 42395
Old loan number: Statham Loan 25-1970
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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