Soup Tureen
ca. 1796 (made), ca. 1796 (decorated), ca. 1796 (designed)
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The painting has traditionally been attributed to 'Quaker' Pegg, although the flowers appear also in a drawing -- probably a record drawing rather than a design -- by William Billingsley. The flowers are taken from John Edwards's A Collection of Flowers Drawn after Nature ..., published in 1795.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 3 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Soft-paste porcelain, formed in a mould, painted in enamel colours and gilded |
| Brief description | Soup-tureen, cover and stand, soft-paste porcelain, oval, painted with botanical designs in enamel colours and gilded. Derby, about 1796 |
| Physical description | Oval shaped, the tureen and cover with gilt acanthus-leaf handles. All three parts are painted with botanical designs after John Edwards FSA, in natural colours and all parts have gilt edges. The tureen is decorated with "Eastern Poppy" and "Various Tulips"; the cover with "Cordifolio Geranium", "Terebinthinum Geranium" and "Large Double China Aster"; the stand with "Sweet Pea" and "Nasturtium". |
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| Credit line | Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street |
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| Summary | The painting has traditionally been attributed to 'Quaker' Pegg, although the flowers appear also in a drawing -- probably a record drawing rather than a design -- by William Billingsley. The flowers are taken from John Edwards's A Collection of Flowers Drawn after Nature ..., published in 1795. |
| Bibliographic reference | Young, Hilary. English Porcelain, 1745-95: Its Makers, Design, Marketing and Consumption. Victoria and Albert Museum Studies in the History of Art and Design, 1999, pl. XX |
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| Accession number | 3068 to B-1901 |
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| Record created | December 16, 2002 |
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