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Mug
Bow Porcelain Factory
1748-1765
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
1982.0147
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John Mayer
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Object Number
1982.0147
Object Name
Mug
Category
Ceramics
Creator (Role)
Bow Porcelain Factory (Maker)
Place of Origin
London; Essex; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Origin Notes
Stratford High Street
Date
1748-1765
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Label
Location: Underside
Inscription: Circular, with word "COLLECTION" printed above an armorial shield flanked by handwritten "23" and "a"
Type: Label
Location: Underside
Inscription: Rectangular, with "CHAS. E. DUNLAP/COLLECTION/No. _____" printed in blue and the number "25" handwritten in black ink.
Mark/Signature: No
Materials
- Porcelain (soft-paste)
- Lead glaze
Techniques
- Molded
- Painted
- Enameled
Dimensions (inches)
5 (H) x 4.87 (L) x 3.87 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
12.7 (H) x 12.37 (L) x 9.83 (Diam)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Article: 2025 Miscellany of Members' Pieces. Transactions of the English Ceramic Circle. 35: 171-75.
• Similar shape and pattern Bow porcelain mug retaining its domed lid: p. 173, no. 7, featuring (damaged) perched-bird finial.Catalogue: Amor, Albert. 1982 Loan Exhibition of Bow Porcelain.
• Similar shape with chinoiserie design: no.25.Article: Spero, Simon. 2002 18th Century English Porcelain. Antique Collecting: The Journal of the Antique Collectors' Club. 37 (3)
• Similar shape and painted decoration: p. 7, fig. 1.Article: Jellicoe, Roderick & Hunter, Robert. 2007 English Porcelain in America: Evidence from Williamsburg. Ceramics in America. 165-84.
• Bow porcelain saucer bearing different enameled chinoiserie figure and motifs, excavated at Williamsburg, VA: p. 173, fig. 15, c. 1758-60