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ca. 1760 (made)
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Dessert dish of soft-paste porcelain, oval shape with a wavy rim, and transfer-printed in purplish-black enamel with 'Le Bosquet de Bacchus' after an engraving by Charles-Nicolas Cochin Père, comprising a group of figures comprising of five figures of ladies and gallants beside a tree, of which three are reclining and two are standing
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Materials and techniques | Soft-paste porcelain, transfer-printed in enamels |
Brief description | Dessert dish of soft-paste porcelain, oval shape with a wavy rim, and transfer-printed with enamels over the glaze with a group of figures, made by Bow Porcelain Factory, London, ca. 1760 |
Physical description | Dessert dish of soft-paste porcelain, oval shape with a wavy rim, and transfer-printed in purplish-black enamel with 'Le Bosquet de Bacchus' after an engraving by Charles-Nicolas Cochin Père, comprising a group of figures comprising of five figures of ladies and gallants beside a tree, of which three are reclining and two are standing |
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Credit line | Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber |
Object history | The group of figures are copied from a composition of Watteau, engraved by Charles Nicholas Cochin père, entitled 'Le Bosquet de Bacchus'. Purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Mortlock, London, for £1 10 shillings in July 1880 |
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Other number | Sch. I 112 - Schreiber number |
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Accession number | 414:59-1885 |
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Record created | December 12, 2008 |
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