Pipe Stopper
ca. 1760 (made)
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Pipe stopper of porcelain, painted with enamels and gilded, in the form of a boy drinking and wearing a white hat, pink coat with green facings, blue apron, and red breeches, and he sits on a barrel with a foaming tankard in his hands, and at his feet are a dog and a sheet of music, and the lower part is decorated with rings of gilding.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Porcelain painted with enamels and gilded |
| Brief description | Pipe stopper of porcelain, painted with enamels and gilded, in the form of a boy sitting on a barrel with a foaming tankard in his hand, made by Chelsea porcelain factory, London, ca. 1760 |
| Physical description | Pipe stopper of porcelain, painted with enamels and gilded, in the form of a boy drinking and wearing a white hat, pink coat with green facings, blue apron, and red breeches, and he sits on a barrel with a foaming tankard in his hands, and at his feet are a dog and a sheet of music, and the lower part is decorated with rings of gilding. |
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| Credit line | Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber |
| Object history | Purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Willson, London, for £5 10 [?] shillings in January 1875. Acquired as Chelsea porcelain. Previously identified as a cane handle and attributed to Bow, where this model was also produced. . |
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| Other number | Sch. I 96 - Schreiber number |
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| Accession number | 414:304-1885 |
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| Record created | December 11, 2008 |
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