Bottle
ca. 1758-62 (made)
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Water-bottle of porcelain painted with underglaze blue, with a powdered blue ground, and with a bulbous body, a long narrow neck and convex swelling below the mouth, and decorated with Chinese landscapes and flowers within three fan-shaped panels and six smaller circular and heart-shaped panels, reserved in white on the blue ground, and the convex ring is painted with Chinese diaper ornament.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Porcelain painted with underglaze blue |
| Brief description | Water-bottle of porcelain painted with underglaze blue, with a powdered blue ground, and with a bulbous body, a long narrow neck and convex swelling below the mouth, and decorated with Chinese landscapes and flowers, made by Bow Porcelain Factory, London, ca. 1758-62 |
| Physical description | Water-bottle of porcelain painted with underglaze blue, with a powdered blue ground, and with a bulbous body, a long narrow neck and convex swelling below the mouth, and decorated with Chinese landscapes and flowers within three fan-shaped panels and six smaller circular and heart-shaped panels, reserved in white on the blue ground, and the convex ring is painted with Chinese diaper ornament. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | '14' (In blue) |
| Credit line | Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber |
| Object history | Purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Craenen, Brussels, for 10 shillings in July 1873 |
| Bibliographic reference | Watney. B. English blue and white porcelain of the eighteenth century. London, 1973 |
| Other number | Sch. I 26 - Schreiber number |
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| Accession number | 414:491-1885 |
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| Record created | December 3, 2008 |
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