IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 42409 accession number: C.22B-1992 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Tuesday 30 April 2024 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Soft-paste porcelain containing bone ash, figure of a Cormorant, press-moulded and glazed. The rocky base is approximately circular and concave underneath with a ventilation hole extending upwards into the bird. The underside is glazed except for the edge. The cormorant stands with its right leg extended and foot on the ground, and its left leg higher up on the rock with only three claws showing. Its wings are outstretched and its head turned to its right holding the remains of an eel (missing). The base is decorated with three different kinds of shells and seaweed. object type: Soft-paste porcelain containing bone ash, figure of a Cormorant, press-moulded and glazed. title: animal figure NOTES ----- type: history note value: 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 LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts creditline: Bequeathed by Miss Statham, accepted by H.M.Government in 1990 in lieu of Inheritance Tax, and allocated to the Fitzwilliam Museum STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/42409 SUBJECTS ------------------- Cormorant eel Cormorant eel TECHNIQUES ---------- soft-paste porcelain containing bone ash, press-moulded and glazed press-moulding TECHNIQUES ---------- glazing (coating) CATEGORIES ------ category: soft-paste porcelain DATING ------ creation date: 1752 - 1756 creation date earliest: 1752 creation date latest: 1756 culture: 18th Century, Mid culture: George II CREATORS -------- maker: Bow Porcelain Manufactory DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Height units: cm value: 9.5 CITATIONS -------- Bow Porcelain Figures circa 1748-1774 Bow Porcelain: The Collection formed by Geoffrey Freeman ---