Bottle
ca. 1765 (made)
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Water bottle of soft-paste porcelain, painted in underglaze blue, and with a bulbous body, a long narrow neck and convex swelling below the mouth, and on one side is a Chinese river scene with figures, a bridge, and a boat, and the other has a Chinese boy holding a bird beside a pine tree with two birds flying above, and round the top of the neck is a border of panelled floral and diaper ornament.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Soft-paste porcelain painted in underglaze blue |
| Brief description | Water bottle of porcelain, painted with underglaze blue, and with a bulbous body, a long narrow neck and convex swelling below the mouth, made by Worcester porcelain factory, Worcester, ca. 1765. |
| Physical description | Water bottle of soft-paste porcelain, painted in underglaze blue, and with a bulbous body, a long narrow neck and convex swelling below the mouth, and on one side is a Chinese river scene with figures, a bridge, and a boat, and the other has a Chinese boy holding a bird beside a pine tree with two birds flying above, and round the top of the neck is a border of panelled floral and diaper ornament. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | A crescent (In blue) |
| Credit line | Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber |
| Object history | Purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Smart, London, for £2 in October 1866 |
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| Bibliographic reference | For this pattern, see Branyan, French and Sandon, Worcester Blue and White Porcelain, revised edition 1989, cat. I.A.32, where dated 1760-75 |
| Other number | Sch. I 479 - Schreiber number |
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| Accession number | 414:490-1885 |
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| Record created | January 16, 2009 |
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