Sugar Basin
1763-1771 (made)
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Sugar basin in soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Straight-sided and circular on a low foot ring. Painted on either side with figures in Chinese dress. On one side is a man playing a lute, with a woman holding a parasol, and a child on a grassy bank in front of a low fence and shrubs. The other side has a man reclining on a bank and holding onto a parasol above his head as if to stop it blowing away. Between these scenes are sprays of flowers and leaves in gold. Gold band round the foot.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded |
| Brief description | Sugar basin in soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, probably painted by M-J Duvivier, Tournai porcelain factory, Tournai, 1763-1771. |
| Physical description | Sugar basin in soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Straight-sided and circular on a low foot ring. Painted on either side with figures in Chinese dress. On one side is a man playing a lute, with a woman holding a parasol, and a child on a grassy bank in front of a low fence and shrubs. The other side has a man reclining on a bank and holding onto a parasol above his head as if to stop it blowing away. Between these scenes are sprays of flowers and leaves in gold. Gold band round the foot. |
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| Credit line | Given by Robert Williams |
| Object history | Acquisition type: Gift |
| Production | The similarity of the enamelling on this bowl to that found on some Chelsea gold anchor wares makes it tempting to suggest that the painter may be Michael-Joseph Duvivier, who worked at Chelsea from 1759-62, before moving to Tournai (note in registered description). |
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| Accession number | C.154-1981 |
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| Record created | June 7, 2004 |
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