Pot-Pourri Vase and Cover
ca. 1765 (made)
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Pot-pourri vase and cover of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels. Covered with applied flowers and foliage in full relief with painted insects and forget-me-nots in low relief.
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels |
| Brief description | Pot-pourri vase and cover of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels, Bow Porcelain Factory, Bow, ca. 1765 |
| Physical description | Pot-pourri vase and cover of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels. Covered with applied flowers and foliage in full relief with painted insects and forget-me-nots in low relief. |
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| Credit line | Given by E. F. Broderip, Esq. |
| Object history | Bow factory Active around 1747 to 1764 and closed in 1776. Was a rival to Chelsea. Designs imitated imported Chinese and Japanese porcelains as well as what Chelsea was making. They also copied Meissen figures, either directly from Meissen pieces or from Chelsea copies of. Bow body: Warm, creamy, glassy and the glaze is ivory. Thomas Frye and Edward Heylyn filed patents in 1745 (Dec. 1744) and in 1749 (1 Nov.1748), both regarding the use of kaolin. It does seem that any pieces were made before 1749. In 1753 they were advertising for painters and modellers. Earliest Bow pieces are soft-past, incorporating bone ash which thus forms a phosphatic body which is a precursor of bone china. By 1758 were employing 300 people. In 1776, the factory was sold to William Duesbury and all the moulds were transferred to Derby. |
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| Accession number | C.653&A-1925 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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