Porringer and Cover
ca. 1755 (made)
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Porringer and cover of soft-paste porcelain, circular with flat openwork handle on one side, picked out in green and gold; the cover has a green painted lion knob. Painted in red and gold with touches of green with the Japanese (Kakiemon) design of quails known as 'the partridge pattern'.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamels |
| Brief description | Porringer and cover, soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamels, Bow Porcelain Factory, London, England, about 1755 |
| Physical description | Porringer and cover of soft-paste porcelain, circular with flat openwork handle on one side, picked out in green and gold; the cover has a green painted lion knob. Painted in red and gold with touches of green with the Japanese (Kakiemon) design of quails known as 'the partridge pattern'. |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by Mr Wallace Elliot |
| Object history | London, Law, Loulsham & Cole, 1927. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Passion for Porcelain: masterpieces of ceramics from the British Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum.
p.301 |
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| Accession number | C.40&A-1938 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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