Wall Bracket
ca. 1760 (made)
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| Place of origin |
Wall bracket of porcelain, with flat, unglazed upper surface of roughly square form; the back also unglazed and smooth, with a circular hole near the top. The underside of the platform is moulded to resemble a shell and below that is the front portion of a tiger eating grapes. The glaze of a slightly blue-grey tinge.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Porcelain, glazed |
| Brief description | Wall bracket, glazed white porcelain, England, ca. 1760 |
| Physical description | Wall bracket of porcelain, with flat, unglazed upper surface of roughly square form; the back also unglazed and smooth, with a circular hole near the top. The underside of the platform is moulded to resemble a shell and below that is the front portion of a tiger eating grapes. The glaze of a slightly blue-grey tinge. |
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| Production | Previously attributed to Richard Chaffers factory, Liverpool. |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Bibliographic reference | For this bracket, and the unattributed group to which it belongs, see Roderick Jellicoe, 'Liverpool Porcelain: Fact or Fiction?', Northern Ceramic Society Journal, Vpl. 28 (2012), pp. 175-190 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | C.9-1970 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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