Bow
(England 1744–1776)
- Title
- Small jug or sauce boat
- Year
- circa 1747-circa 1748
- Media category
- Ceramic
- Materials used
- soft-paste porcelain
- Dimensions
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5.2 x 13.2 x 8.9 cm
- Credit
- On loan from Kenneth Reed
- Accession number
- L2012.78
- Location
- 18th c European porcelain
- Further information
The applied prunus-sprig decoration was adopted from Chinese examples by several European factories. On this example the cool grey glaze and firing problems which have resulted in staining suggest an early date.
- Bibliography (1)
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Richard Beresford (England; Australia) (Author), Eighteenth - Century European Porcelain in the Kenneth Reed collection, Sydney, 2012, 46 (colour illus.). cat.no. 46
