Figure
ca. 1752-1753 (made)
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| Place of origin |
The Bow factory in east London specialised in smartly decorated porcelain tablewares. In the mid 1700s they also produced figures. The appealing and rather naive style of the anonymous 'Muses Modeller' is easily recognisable.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamels |
| Brief description | Figure of the Muse Polyhymnia, soft-paste porcelain painted in enamels, Bow, about 1752-1753 |
| Physical description | Figure of the Muse Polyhymnia, soft-paste porcelain painted in enamels |
| Marks and inscriptions | 'Polimnie' |
| Credit line | Given by Mr and Mrs Donald MacAlister |
| Production | Modelled by the 'Muses Modeller' |
| Summary | The Bow factory in east London specialised in smartly decorated porcelain tablewares. In the mid 1700s they also produced figures. The appealing and rather naive style of the anonymous 'Muses Modeller' is easily recognisable. |
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| Collection | |
| Accession number | C.63-1927 |
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| Record created | November 28, 2002 |
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