Figure
ca. 1760 (made)
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| Place of origin |
Model of a dolphin, soft-paste porcelain painted in enamels
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Soft-paste porcelain painted in enamels |
| Brief description | Model of a dolphin, soft-paste porcelain painted in enamels, made by the Bow Porcelain Factory, London, ca. 1760. |
| Physical description | Model of a dolphin, soft-paste porcelain painted in enamels |
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| Credit line | Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber |
| Object history | Purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Martin, Dublin, for £2 10 shillings in January 1873 |
| Historical context | Possibly intended as decoration for a dessert table. Such dolphins are also known in pairs (see Anton Gabszewicz, Made at New Canton (English Ceramic Circle, 2000), cat. 97, where a pair are dated to ca. 1758). Similar dolphins were incorporated into a figure of Neptune (see C.42-1944) and formed the handle of a sweetmeat dish (see C.986-1924) |
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| Other number | Sch. I 59 - Schreiber number |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 414:34-1885 |
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| Record created | December 8, 2008 |
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