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Factory:
Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory
Decorator:
Giles, James
(Probably)
Soft-paste porcelain teabowl and saucer, moulded and decorated overglaze with flowers and fruits in polychrome enamels, and gilt.
Soft-paste porcelain teabowl and saucer, moulded and painted onglaze in polychrome enamels and gilt. The lower part of the cup and saucer well are moulded with overlapping stiff leaves, resembling an artichoke or pine cone. They are painted with whole and cut fruit and flowers, the rims with gilt dentil borders.
Bequeathed by the Rev. A.V. Valentine-Richards.
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1933-04-05) by Valentine-Richards, A. V., The Rev
18th Century, second half#
George III
Gold anchor period (1759-69)
Circa
1762
-
1765
The fruit painting is reminescent of fruit decoration carried out in James Giles' London atelier on Worcester porcelain during the 1760s, on which it was clealy an influence. At Chelsea, the overlapping scale pattern is also found with a claret ground, and with scales painted to resemble peacock feathers. See documentation
Decoration
composed of
enamels
( polychrome)
gold
Saucer
Diameter 13.5 cm
Diameter 5 5/16 in
Height 3 cm
Height 1 3/16 in
Teabowl
Diameter 8 cm
Diameter 3 1/8 in
Height 5 cm
Height 2 in
presumed lead
Lead-glaze
Soft-paste porcelain
Moulding
: Soft-paste porcelain, moulded and decorated overglaze with flowers and fruits in polychrome enamels, and gilt
Glazing (coating)
Accession number: C.72 & A-1933
Primary reference Number: 75919
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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