C416.2: Saucer
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| Museum number | C416.2 |
| Title | Saucer |
| Object type | In category: Ceramics » Saucer |
| Date | Circa 1725 |
| People |
By Meissen Porcelain Manufactory (German porcelain factory, active from 1710 to the present) - Previous owner(s) Beckford, William (English patron, writer, collector, and amateur architect, 1760-1844) (known) - Manufacturer(s) |
| Place of origin | Europe » Northern Europe » Germany » Germany |
| Condition |
Good |
| Dimensions |
2.5 cm height whole 13.5 cm diameter whole |
| Materials & techniques |
In category:
Ceramic
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Porcelain
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Hard-paste porcelain
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| Description | Hard-paste porcelain saucer decorated with coloured enamels and gilding. The central landscape scene depicts wooden warehouses on a quay with three figures in the foreground. The scene is surrounded by a symmetrical gilt frame with iron-red and puce arabesques. The underside is decorated with three sprays of flowers in enamel colours. | ||||||||||||
| Marks and inscriptions |
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| Subject |
Landscape |
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| Notes | This saucer and its accompanying tea bowl (C416.1) were formerly in the collection of William Beckford at Lansdown Tower, Bath. They were acquired together with a two-handled cup and two saucers by Sir William Holburne from the sale of the contents of Lansdown Tower in 1845 (L114a). Holburne evidently felt that this provenance was important enough to note in ink on the underside of the saucer. Unfortunately, the descriptions in the sale catalogue are too vague for this saucer and its accompanying bowl to be identified with certainty. | ||||||||||||
| Muse theme | The Art of Collecting |
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| Muse chapter |
The History of the Holburne Collection » Sir William Holburne and his Collection » Building the Collection
The History of the Holburne Collection » The Collection » Ceramics |
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| Gallery Label |
Tea bowl and two saucers German (Meissen) c 1725. Hard-paste porcelain decorated in enamel colours with gilding. One of the saucers inscribed on the base, 'From the sale of the late Wm. Beckford Esq. Fine' Acquired by Sir William Holburne at the sale of the contents of William Beckford's Tower on Lansdown and house in Lansdown Crescent, November 22nd 1845. Museum number: C413, 416 (Unknown) 4-2004 |
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| Method of acquisition | Bequest | ||||||||||||
| Provenance | William Beckford (1760-1844); his sale, Messrs. English and Son, Bath 20-29 November, 1845; acquired by Sir Thomas William Holburne (1793-1874); Mary Anne Barbara Holburne (1802-1882), by whom bequeathed to the Museum | ||||||||||||
| Exhibition history |
Title of exhibition: Town House Treasures: Sir Thomas William Holburne of Bath |
