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Dish: C.2-1958

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Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Factory: Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory

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Description

Soft-paste porcelain dish, moulded and decorated overglaze with flowers and fruits in polychrome enamels.

Soft-paste porcelain dish, moulded and painted in puce, green, yellow, brown and blue enamels. The wavy-edged stands on an oval footring, and has three spur marks. The front of the dish is decorated with two spreading sprays of fruiting-vine, picked out in naturalistic colours, and with two flower sprays in the centre.

Legal notes

Bequeathed by Mrs L.M. Venn

Measurements and weight

Height: 5.2 cm
Height: 2 1/16 in
Width: 25.3 cm
Width: 9 15/16 in

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1958-07-10) by Venn, Lucy Marion, Mrs

Dating

18th Century, second half
George III
Red anchor period (1752-1756)
Production date: circa AD 1760 : The shape is also found in Derby porcelain, c.1762-65. See documentation.

School or Style

Rococo

Components of the work

Decoration composed of enamels ( puce, green, yellow, brown and blue)

Materials used in production

presumed lead Lead-glaze
Soft-paste porcelain

Techniques used in production

Moulding : Soft-paste porcelain, moulded and decorated overglaze with flowers and fruits in polychrome enamels
Glazing (coating)

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: an anchor
  • Location: Base
  • Method of creation: Painted in brown enamel
  • Type: Factory mark

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.2-1958
Primary reference Number: 73206

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 30 April 2024

Associated departments & institutions

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

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