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Bow Porcelain Factory
1765-1770
Category
Ceramics
Creator/Artist/Maker
Bow Porcelain Factory (Maker)
Place of Origin
London; Essex; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Porcelain (soft-paste)
- Lead glaze
Museum Object Number
1978.0073
Credit Line/Donor
Museum purchase
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Object Number
1978.0073
Object Name
Basket
Category
Ceramics
Creator (Role)
Bow Porcelain Factory (Maker)
Place of Origin
London; Essex; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Origin Notes
Stratford High Street
Date
1765-1770
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Mark
Location: Underside
Inscription: Four marks painted in underglaze blue of elaborate mock-Chinese characters that may be numerals
Mark/Signature: Yes
Materials
- Porcelain (soft-paste)
- Lead glaze
Techniques
- Pierced
- Molded
- Painted
Dimensions (inches)
2.37 (H) x 8.37 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
6.02 (H) x 21.26 (Diam)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Article: Grigsby, Leslie B. 2005 British Earthenware and Porcelain in Eighteenth Century America, in Gray, Jonathan. 2005. Welsh Ceramics in Context. 2. 71-91.
• Published: p. 86, pl. 4.20Book: Godden, Geoffrey A. 2004 Godden's Guide to English Blue and White Porcelain.
• Similar painted grapevine motif: Plates 59-61, p. 59.