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Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Artist/Maker	Bow Porcelain Factory (manufacturer)
Place of origin	London (made)

Mug of soft-paste porcelain, bell-shaped, with grooved loop handle. Painted in underglaze blue with a Chinoiserie landscape with bridge and pavilions; borders of flowers and scrolls and at the top in a scrolled panel the initials 'IPM'. Inscribed in blue under the base 'JOSEPH & MARGRET PENNYFEATHER, April 1770'.

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Categories	Ceramics Porcelain Drinking
Object type	Mug
Materials and techniques	Soft-paste porcelain, painted in underglaze blue Soft Paste Porcelain Cobalt Oxide Painted Glazed
Brief description	Mug, soft-paste porcelain, painted in underglaze blue, Bow Porcelain Factory, England (London), about 1770.
Physical description	Mug of soft-paste porcelain, bell-shaped, with grooved loop handle. Painted in underglaze blue with a Chinoiserie landscape with bridge and pavilions; borders of flowers and scrolls and at the top in a scrolled panel the initials 'IPM'. Inscribed in blue under the base 'JOSEPH & MARGRET PENNYFEATHER, April 1770'.
Dimensions	Height: 14.6cm Diameter: 10.2cm
Style	Chinoiserie
Marks and inscriptions	'IPM' (Initials inscribed at the top) 'JOSEPH & MARGRET PENNYFEATHER, April 1770' (Inscribed in blue under the base)
Credit line	Bequeathed by Mr Wallace Elliot
Subjects depicted	Landscapes Bridges (Built Works) Pavilions (Garden Structures) Flowers
Bibliographic references	Adams, Elizabeth & David Redstone, Bow porcelain, London: Faber, 1991 Bow porcelain, 1744-1776: a special exhibition of documentary material to commemorate the bicentenary of the retirement of Thomas Frye, manager of the factory and 'inventor and first manufacturer of porcelain in England,' Oct. 1959-Apr. 1960 London: The Trustees of the British Museum, 1959 Cat. No. 140.
Collection	Ceramics Collection
Accession number	C.123-1938

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Record created	June 24, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O337068/mug-bow-porcelain-factory/

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