Tea Bowl
ca. 1760 (made)
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Tea bowl, of soft-paste porcelain transfer-printed and over-painted in black enamel; on one side is a group of figures beside a monumental fountain, from a painting after Watteau; on the other side is a shepherdess and a seated mandolin player with sheep in a landscape; inside is a painted border of scallops and dots
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Soft-paste porcelain, transfer-printed and over-painted with black enamel |
| Brief description | Tea bowl, of soft-paste porcelain, transfer-printed and over-painted with black enamel, made by James Pennington & Co., Liverpool, ca. 1760 |
| Physical description | Tea bowl, of soft-paste porcelain transfer-printed and over-painted in black enamel; on one side is a group of figures beside a monumental fountain, from a painting after Watteau; on the other side is a shepherdess and a seated mandolin player with sheep in a landscape; inside is a painted border of scallops and dots |
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| Credit line | Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber |
| Object history | Part of two tea bowls and saucers 414:789/ to C-1885 (Sch. I 787 to C). The figures and the monumental fountain are from a painting The Fountainafter Jean-Antoine Watteau (Wallace Collection No. P395) in The Wallace Collection, London, and of which an engraving was made by G. Scotin. Acquired as Liverpool porcelain These pieces were purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Wareham, London, for £2 10 shillings in February 1872 |
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| Other number | Sch. I 787 - Schreiber number |
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| Accession number | 414:789-1885 |
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| Record created | February 12, 2009 |
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