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Factory: Chelsea-Derby Porcelain Factory
Soft-paste porcelain cup and saucer, painted overglaze with floral sprigs in green and black enamels and gilt.
Soft-paste porcelain, painted overglaze in green and black enamels, and gilt. The tea bowl has deep curved sides, and stands on a footring. The circular saucer has shallow curved sides and stands on a low footring. The interior of the cup is painted in green and black with a floral sprig and three small detached leaves. The exterior is decorated with four swags of foliage and flowers, including roses, and has a gold band round the footring, and a dentilated band encircling the interior and exterior of the rim. The saucer has six swags of foliage and flowers, four very small detached leaves, a gold band round the footring, and a dentilated band round the rim.
Given by Ralph Griffin, MA
Method of acquisition: Given (1918-08-02) by Griffin, Ralph, MA
George III
18th Century, second half#
Circa
1770
-
1784
Decoration
composed of
enamels
( green and black)
gold
Saucer
Diameter 12.7 cm
Height 2.8 cm
Tea Bowl
Diameter 7.7 cm
Height 4.9 cm
presumed lead
Lead-glaze
Soft-paste porcelain
Moulding
: Soft-paste porcelain, the saucer moulded, painted overglaze in green and black enamels, and gilt
Glazing (coating)
Accession number: C.29 & A-1918
Primary reference Number: 74180
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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