Flower Holder

ca. 1760 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Flower holder in soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamels, and with applied relief decoration, and a bowed front moulded with rococo scrolls and painted with a bouquet within a wreath of applied flowers tied with a ribbon, and with a flat back

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain painted in enamels, and with applied relief decoration
Brief description
Flower holder in soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamels, and with applied relief decoration, and a bowed front moulded with rococo scrolls and flowers, made by Bow Porcelain Factory, London, ca. 1760
Physical description
Flower holder in soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamels, and with applied relief decoration, and a bowed front moulded with rococo scrolls and painted with a bouquet within a wreath of applied flowers tied with a ribbon, and with a flat back
Dimensions
  • Height: 23.5cm
  • Width: 8.6cm
Marks and inscriptions
'4' (In red)
Credit line
Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Object history
Purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Willson, London [no date or price recorded]
Subject depicted
Other number
Sch. I 72 - Schreiber number
Collection
Accession number
414:54-1885

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Record createdDecember 9, 2008
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