1107https://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/14008/fullBowl with "Wood Pigeons" patternca.1785[Baddeley Littler Co.]Glassy soft-paste porcelain, lilac overglaze printed enamelBaddeley-Littler bowl, hemispherical, with lilac transfer-printed decoration of versions of "Wood Pigeons". It has racing riders and a serenading shepherd with a painted scrolled band at the rim.European Ceramicshttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/objects/2675/rdfhttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/14008/full'Neptune' Vaseca.1810-1820[Barr Flight & Barr Factory]Soapstone porcelain, enamel, and gold.Double-handled vase in urn shape with eagle and dolphin entwined handles in gilt, on a square base. It is painted with a named scene of Neptune riding a dolphin with applied pearls.European Ceramicshttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/objects/2982/rdfhttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/14008/fullSoup plate with raised prunus patternca.1755-1765[Bow Porcelain Works]Phosphatic (bone ash) soft-paste porcelainBow soup plate with angled rim, moulded with Prunus pattern.European Ceramicshttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/objects/2678/rdfhttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/14008/fullSoup plate with raised prunus patternca.1755-1765[Bow Porcelain Works]Phosphatic (bone ash) soft-paste porcelainBow plate, angled rim, moulded wih Prunus pattern.European Ceramicshttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/objects/2677/rdfhttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/14008/fullPlate with moulded prunus patternca.1755[Bow Porcelain Works]Phosphatic (bone ash) soft-paste porcelain, overglaze enamelsBow octagonal plate, rim moulded with relief prunus pattern, polychrome "famille rose" flowers.European Ceramicshttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/objects/1504/rdfhttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/14008/fullTureen cover with Kakiemon-type patternca.1755[Bow Porcelain Works]Phosphatic (bone ash) soft-paste porcelain, overglaze enamelsBow cover for circular tureen polychrome painted with kakiemon motifs.European Ceramicshttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/objects/1503/rdfhttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/14008/fullFork handle with moulded prunus motifca.1750[Bow Porcelain Works]Phosphatic (bone ash) soft-paste porcelain; metal mountsBow pistol handled fork moulded with relief prunus pattern.European Ceramicshttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/objects/1502/rdfhttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/14008/fullLeaf-shaped dish, after a Japanese originalca.1755-1760[Bow Porcelain Works]Phosphatic (bone ash) soft-paste porcelain, underglaze cobalt blueBow leaf-shaped dish, decorated in underglaze blue.European Ceramicshttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/objects/2702/rdfhttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/14008/fullOctagonal Plate with Asian-style Patternca.1755-1760[Bow Porcelain Works]Phosphatic (bone ash) soft-paste porcelain, underglaze cobalt blueBow soft paste porcelain octagonal plate, decorated in underglaze-blue Chinoiserie-style foliate decoration.European Ceramicshttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/objects/2700/rdfhttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/14008/fullSalad bowl with raised prunus designca.1754[Bow Porcelain Works]Phosphatic (bone ash) soft-paste porcelain, overglaze enamelsBow salad bowl of cruciform shape. The exterior is moulded and applied in relief with sprays of prunus 'flora plea' interspersed with chrysanthemum sprays, foliage and scattered insects. It is painted in the Chinese 'famille rose' style with tree peonies and prunus branches and a large rock within a narrow green latticework and floral panelled border. It has a chocolate brown rim.European Ceramicshttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/objects/2567/rdfhttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/14008/fullTeapotca.1750-1755[Bow Porcelain Works]Phosphatic (bone ash) soft-paste porcelain with overglaze enamelsTeapot with naturalistic flowers. European Ceramicshttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/objects/2572/rdfhttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/14008/fullGarniture of Three Vases in the Japanese Imari Styleca.1750-1755[Bow Porcelain Works]Phosphatic (bone ash) soft-paste porcelain with underglaze blue, overglaze enamels, gildingBow garniture of three vases decorated in the imari-style palette. European Ceramicshttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/objects/2568/rdfhttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/14008/fullFigure of a lady holding grapesca.1760-1765[Bow Porcelain Works]soft-paste porcelain, enamel, and gold.Figure of the Lady with Grapes is raised on a four-legged base painted in puce and gold.European Ceramicshttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/objects/2312/rdfhttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/14008/fullFigure of a shepherd with bagpipesca.1760-1765[Bow Porcelain Works]soft-paste porcelain, enamel, and gold.Figure of shepherd-bagpiper with a dog is raised up in four-legged base painted in blue, puce, and gold.European Ceramicshttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/objects/2311/rdfhttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/14008/fullFigure of a green parrotca.1760[Bow Porcelain Works]soft-paste porcelain, and enamel.Bird figure of a parrot painted green, and matte glaze.European Ceramicshttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/objects/2310/rdfhttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/14008/fullFigure of a finchca.1755-1760[Bow Porcelain Works]soft-paste porcelain, and enamel.Small bird figure of a Finch enamelled in puce and yellow.European Ceramicshttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/objects/2531/rdfhttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/14008/fullFigure of a buntingca.1755-1760[Bow Porcelain Works]soft-paste porcelain, and enamel.Bird figure of a Bunting enamelled in pink, yellow, orange, blue-grey and purple.European Ceramicshttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/objects/2530/rdfhttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/14008/fullPair of Octagonal Dessert Platesca.1755-1760[Bow Porcelain Works]Phosphatic (bone ash) soft-paste porcelain with overglaze enamelsPair of octagonal shaped plates with botanical decoration, very much in imitation of Chelsea. The flowers depicted here have not been identified, and they seem to have been applied more for decorative effect than botanical accuracy.European Ceramicshttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/objects/2529/rdfhttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/14008/fullPair of Shell Salt Dishesca.1747-50[Bow Porcelain Works]Soft-paste porcelainPair of shell shaped saltcellars with moulded base with applied shells.European Ceramicshttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/objects/2528/rdfhttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/14008/fullTeapotca.1758[Bow Porcelain Works]Phosphatic (bone ash) soft-paste porcelain with overglaze enamels, gildingBow porcelain teapot and cover with raised and painted coloured flowers. Within a moulded cartouche is a spray of carnations and different flowers on the obverse side. Around the collar and lid is a band of rouge-de-fer leaves touched with gilding. It is globular form with a scroll-moulded handle and spout, and the body has scroll and foliate-moulded cartouches on the side, enclosing a loose bouquet on one side and a carnation sprig on the reverse. Each cartouche is flanked on either side with embossed yellow flowers with red centres. It is also painted with a scattered heartsease, carnation bud and dragonfly. The cover has repeated decoration and flower bud finial. The borders has garlands of iron-red leaves and flowerheads with gilded centres.European Ceramicshttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/objects/2570/rdfhttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/14008/fullOwletca.1755-1760[Bow Porcelain Works]Phosphatic (bone ash) soft-paste porcelain with overglaze enamelsA Bow owl modelled with yellow beak and claws. Its plumage is enriched in brown and yellow, and it is perched on a tree-stump applied with a pink flower and a group of toadstools flanked by two flower-sprays and edged in green.European Ceramicshttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/objects/744/rdfhttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/14008/fullSaluting Harlequinca.1755[Bow Porcelain Works]Soft-paste porcelain with overglaze enamels; gold mountsBow Harlequin Scent Bottle, with Harlequin masked standing before a fountain. He is dressed in red, blue, yellow and green geometric coat and trousers, holding his buff hat with his right hand and a slapstick in his left, with his left leg extended. On a plain base painted with flower sprays, with gold mount and stopper.European Ceramicshttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/objects/1016/rdfhttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/14008/fullChild dressed as Harlequinca.1765-1770[Bow Porcelain Works]soft-paste porcelain, enamel, and gold.Bow figure of Harlequin, after a Meissen original. The boy in gay dancing attitude dressed in a costume of multi-coloured diamond chequers at the front and quartered in pink and green at the back. A wooden slapstick in one hand, raised on a scrolling base heightened in gilding.European Ceramicshttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/objects/1438/rdfhttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/14008/fullChildren dressed as Harlequin and Harlequineca.1765[Bow Porcelain Works]Soft-paste porcelain with overglaze enamels, gildingBow pair from the Italian Comedy representing Harlequin and Columbine. These figures are in dancing poses, Harlequin with his knee bent, left hand to his throat and his head thrown back, while Columbine has her right hand to her head and her right toe pointed. Harlequin is wearing a chequered costume in brilliant red, blue, green, yellow and brown, his wide brimmed black hat with a green feather, holding a yellow slapstick. Columbine is wearing a decollete bodice with a diamond pattern in red, blue, green and yellow. One sleeve has a similar pattern and the other yellow with scattered playing cards. She is wearing a green hat, pink skirt with blue spots. Both figures are on mound bases with applied flowers and leaves.European Ceramicshttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/objects/1437/rdfhttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/14008/fullNarcisin, also known as “The Captain”ca.1760-1765[Johann Joachim Kändler, Bow Porcelain Works, Peter Reinicke]Soft-paste porcelain with overglaze enamels, gildingBow figure of the Captain from the Commedia dell'Arte after the Meissen original by J. J. Kandler and P. Reinicke. It is in a black hat, pale yellow-lined pink cloak, blue waistcoat, flowered breeches and black shoes. The figure is standing before a tree-stump on a four-footed scroll-moulded base enriched in puce.European Ceramicshttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/objects/1434/rdfhttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/14008/fullThe Italian Musiciansca.1765; model introduced ca.1750-1754[Bow Porcelain Works]Soft-paste porcelain with overglaze enamels, gildingBow Italian Comedy Group of Scaramouche and Isabella seated on a four-footed scroll base. Isabella plays a mandolin and Scaramouche sings, holding a music score.European Ceramicshttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/objects/1433/rdfhttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/14008/fullHarlequin with bagpipesca.1755-1765[Bow Porcelain Works]soft-paste porcelain.A Bow figure of a bagpiper in white after a Meissen-original. The figure is seated on a stump and wearing a pointed hat and close-fitting costume with a ruff.European Ceramicshttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/objects/1432/rdfhttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/14008/fullColumbine with hurdy-gurdyca.1755-1765[Bow Porcelain Works]soft-paste porcelain, and enamel.A Bow figure of Columbine playing the hurdy-gurdy in grey-pink hat, puce bodice and white skirt painted with playing-cards, seated on a tree-stump.European Ceramicshttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/objects/1429/rdfhttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/14008/fullTeabowlca.1755-1760; decorated ca.1765[Bow Porcelain Works, Jefferyes O'Neale]Soft-paste porcelain with overglaze enamels, gildingA Bow teabowl and saucer painted in a pale palette with a circular tower flanked by trees in a mountainous estuary. There is an overhanging tree in the foreground, within a gilt Vandyke border. From London and decorated by J.H. O'Neale.European Ceramicshttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/objects/1393/rdfhttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/14008/fullHexagonal Teapot with Japanese Quail Design1755-1760[Bow Porcelain Works]Phosphatic (bone ash) soft-paste porcelain with overglaze enamels, goldEuropean Ceramicshttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/objects/3078/rdfhttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/14008/fullSmall Vase with Banded Hedge1750-1755[Bow Porcelain Works]Phosphatic (bone ash) soft-paste porcelain with overglaze enamelsEuropean Ceramicshttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/objects/3077/rdfhttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/14008/fullVase with Ho-o Birdca.1755[Bow Porcelain Works]Phosphatic (bone ash) soft-paste porcelain with overglaze enamelsPair of Bow oviform vases with a narrow flared neck encirled by a red and gilt formal border below the mouth. The body is enamelled in the Kakiemon style with pheasants flying and perched upon flowering prunus and bamboo stalks issuing from banded hedges. The domed foot has a cut-out rim enamelled with floral sprigs.European Ceramicshttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/objects/2800/rdfhttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/14008/fullTureen and cover, Kakiemon styleca.1755-1760[Bow Porcelain Works]Phosphatic (bone ash) soft-paste porcelain with overglaze enamelsMassive Bow tureen and cover, enamelled in the Kakiemon taste with minogame and numerous other traditional Japanese motifs.European Ceramicshttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/objects/2856/rdfhttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/14008/fullTureen stand, Kakiemon styleca.1755-1760[Bow Porcelain Works]Phosphatic (bone ash) soft-paste porcelain with overglaze enamelsStand for tureen with kakiemon palette. The rim is decorated in alternate panels containing a butterfly or geometrical brocade pattern with a quail, dancing cranes, and flowers.European Ceramicshttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/objects/2855/rdfhttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/14008/fullPair of pomade pots with covers, Kakiemon style, quail patternca.1755[Bow Porcelain Works]Phosphatic (bone ash) soft-paste porcelain with overglaze enamels, goldPair of Bow cylindrical pomade pots and covers. They are enamelled in the Kakiemon style with quail and flowering plants. The slightly domed cover has a border of scrolling red foliage and gilt flowers encircling the rim and topped with a floral finial.European Ceramicshttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/objects/2854/rdfhttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/14008/fullTriple Shell Salt Dishca.1747-50[Bow Porcelain Works]Phosphatic (bone ash) soft-paste porcelain with overglaze enamelsNaturalistically modeled as three scallop shells, encrusted with small shells and seaweed, painted in colours with scattered Kakiemon-style flowers.European Ceramicshttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/objects/2875/rdfhttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/14008/fullVase in the Chinese Famille Rose Styleca.1748-1750[Bow Porcelain Works]Phosphatic (bone ash) soft-paste porcelain with overglaze enamelsTapering ovoid shape, heavily potted, with domed cover having a conical finial. It is painted in famille-rose palette with peonies, rocks and foliage, and a latticework border in iron-red.European Ceramicshttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/objects/2874/rdfhttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/14008/fullPair of Bottle vases, Kakiemon styleca.1755[Bow Porcelain Works]Phosphatic (bone ash) soft-paste porcelain with overglaze enamels, goldPair of Bow globular bottle vases, with waisted shaft necks. They are decorated with pendant foliage, and enamelled in the Kakiemon style with flowering plants issuing from banded hedges. The shoulder is encircled with a formal red floral border.European Ceramicshttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/objects/2822/rdfhttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/14008/fullPair of Baluster Vases in the Japanese Kakiemon Styleca.1755[Bow Porcelain Works]Phosphatic (bone ash) soft-paste porcelain with overglaze enamels, gildingPair of Bow square-sided baluster vases, enamelled in the Kakiemon style, the four panelled with alernating Ho-o birds and flowering plants.European Ceramicshttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/objects/2821/rdfhttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/14008/fullInkwell with Banded Hedge1750[Bow Porcelain Works]Phosphatic (bone ash) soft-paste porcelain with overglaze enamelsBow documentary inkwell, with a squat cylindrical body enamelled in the Kakiemon style using a famille verte palette of Chinese taste. The flat shoulder is pierced with inkpot and quill holes.European Ceramicshttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/objects/2820/rdfhttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/14008/fullScalloped Dish with Quailca.1755-1760[Bow Porcelain Works]Phosphatic (bone ash) soft-paste porcelain, underglaze blue, overglaze enamelsBow circular fluted dish with scalloped edge, enamelled in the Kakiemon style with a pair of quail amongst flowering plants.European Ceramicshttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/objects/2779/rdfhttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/14008/fullSquare Dish with Hen and Roosterca.1755[Bow Porcelain Works]Phosphatic (bone ash) soft-paste porcelain with underglaze blue, overglaze enamelsBow dish after a Japanese original, with indented corners and slightly lobed sides. It is decorated in underglaze blue with red, green, yellow and blue enamels, in the Kakiemon style cockerel and hen pattern.European Ceramicshttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/objects/2778/rdfhttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/14008/fullCoffee cup and saucer, Kakiemon style with quail patternca.1755[Bow Porcelain Works]Phosphatic (bone ash) soft-paste porcelain with overglaze enamels, goldBow single-handled coffee cup and saucer, enamelled in the Kakiemon style with two quail amongst flowering prunus and other plants, with a border of scrolling red foliage and gilt flowers at the rim.European Ceramicshttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/objects/2777/rdfhttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/14008/fullHarlequinca.1750-1754; later decoration, ca.1765[Muses Modeller, Bow Porcelain Works]Soft-paste porcelain with overglaze enamelsBow figure of Harlequin on square base, right hand holding hat on his head, left hand holding baton (slapstick).European Ceramicshttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/objects/1436/rdfhttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/14008/fullPulcinellaca.1750[Bow Porcelain Works, Muses Modeller]Soft-paste porcelain with overglaze enamelsBow figure of Pulcinello from the Commedia dell'Arte, standing in a characteristic pose with hunched back and exaggerated paunch. He is wearing a pale yellow jacket and trousers with red buttons, mauve ruff and pointed red-brown hat. He has a kerchief held in one hand, and is on a square flat base. It is probably by the Muses Modeller.European Ceramicshttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/objects/1425/rdfhttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/14008/fullScapinca.1750-1754[Bow Porcelain Works, Muses Modeller]Soft-paste porcelain with overglaze enamelsBow Italian comedy figure of Scapin, modelled by 'The Muses Modeller'. He is wearing a pale blue cap and collar, a puce cloak hiding his right hand, and a black-tasselled white jacket patterned with iron-red, blue, yellow and green flowers. His white trousers are striped in puce, yellow, blue and black, a dagger thrust through the brown purse at his waist. His left hand (missing but intended to be holding a hat) extended, and leaning against a stump on a flat square base.European Ceramicshttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/objects/1426/rdfhttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/14008/fullHarlequinca.1755-1765[Muses Modeller, Bow Porcelain Works]Phosphatic (bone ash) soft-paste porcelainWhite Bow Harlequin.European Ceramicshttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/objects/1427/rdfhttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/14008/fullHarlequin with bagpipes and Columbine with hurdy-gurdyca.1755-1765[Muses Modeller, Bow Porcelain Works]soft-paste porcelain, enamel, and gold.Bow Harlequin and Columbine, after Meissen originals. European Ceramicshttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/objects/1428/rdfhttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/14008/fullHarlequinca.1750; later decoration, ca.1765[Muses Modeller, Bow Porcelain Works]soft-paste porcelain, enamel, and gold.Bow Harlequin, based on a Meissen model by Kandler.European Ceramicshttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/objects/1430/rdfhttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/14008/fullPorter mug with "The Natural Sprays" patternca.1775-1785[Caughley China Manufactory]Steatitic (soapstone) soft-paste porcelain, underglaze cobalt blueCaughley porter mug of straight-sided cylindrical form, with broad ribbed s-shaped handle, and a countersunk base. Transfer-printed with "The Natural Sprays Group" pattern.European Ceramicshttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/objects/2621/rdfhttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/14008/fullCoffee Pot with "The Fruit and Wreath" patternca.1775-1785[Caughley China Manufactory]Steatitic (soapstone) soft-paste porcelain, underglaze cobalt blueWorcester coffee pot of fluted pear shape, with s-scrolled handle and prominent thumb-rest. It has a tall domed cover with naturalistic flower and foliage finial. Transfer-printed in underglaze blue with "The Fruit and Wreath" pattern, and printed border B.European Ceramicshttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/objects/2620/rdfhttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/14008/fullSlop bowl with "Gillyflower" patternca.1780-1785[Caughley China Manufactory]Steatitic (soapstone) soft-paste porcelain, underglaze cobalt blueWorcester slop bowl of hemispherical form, and is scalloped and fluted. Painted in underglaze with a variation of "Gillyflower" pattern, and printed cell border.European Ceramicshttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/objects/2619/rdfhttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/14008/fullTeabowl and saucer with 'Claret' groundca.1775-1785, later decorated[Caughley China Manufactory]Steatitic (soapstone) soft-paste porcelain, overglaze enamels and goldWorcester teabowl and saucer in the Hope Edward's pattern painted in Gile's workshop.European Ceramicshttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/objects/2692/rdfhttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/14008/fullFluted creamer with floral swagsca.1780[Caughley China Manufactory]Soapstone porcelain, enamel, and gold.Creamer with moulded fluting that is decorated with bleu celeste borders and garlands of fruit in Giles studio.European Ceramicshttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/objects/2508/rdfhttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/14008/fullDessert Plateca.1794-1797[Chamberlain's Manufactory]Steatitic (soapstone) soft-paste porcelain with underglaze blue, overglaze enamels, gildingPair of dessert plates with wavy fluted border, dark blue and gilt rims, wells with swags of flowers. Interior landscape with peacocks.European Ceramicshttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/objects/2509/rdfhttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/14008/fullDish in the Imari Style after a Japanese Original- Imitationca.1755-1760[Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory]Glassy (frit) soft-paste porcelain with underglaze blue, overglaze enamels, gildingChelsea dinner plate, lead glaze, underglaze cobalt blue, and overglaze enamels with gold. It has a white body, thrown and press moulded with a 16 lobed rim. It is scallop moulded recessed cavetto, and is painted after Japanese Imari designs in underglaze blue, green, iron red and glod enamel. It has four panels with the four seasons motifs.European Ceramicshttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/objects/2129/rdfhttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/14008/fullDishca.1758-1768[Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory]Phosphatic (bone ash) soft-paste porcelain with overglaze enamels, gildingSide dish moulded with rococo scrollwork, painted with an irregular claret-ground border. The trefoil reserve has polychrome floral swags, and the border has birds and scrollwork in gold with ciselée detailing. It has a dentil border and the underside has a gold line band.European Ceramicshttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/objects/2465/rdfhttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/14008/fullPair of Vasesca.1759-1768[Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory]Phosphatic (bone ash) soft-paste porcelain with overglaze enamels, gildingPair of Vases of flattened pilgrim-bottle shape, square in section with raised inverted heart shaped panels with two rococo foliate scroll handles. It is painted with a claret-ground, and the reserves is painted in polychrome enamels with shepherds and shepherdess in pastoral scenes after François Boucher. They have gilt scrollwork and flowers with ciselée details and dentil bands at the foot and line bands at the rim and on the handles.European Ceramicshttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/objects/2466/rdfhttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/14008/fullDish with Lady in a Pavilionca.1750-1752[Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory]Glassy (frit) soft-paste porcelain with overglaze enamelsChelsea lobed dish enamelled in red, turquoise, blue, black and gilding with a bijin (court beauty) listening to the song of a nightingale perched upon a cage at the edge of a veranda. There is a tasseled awning above and other birds in flight. European Ceramicshttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/objects/2767/rdfhttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/14008/fullTeabowl and Saucer with Dragonsca.1750-1752[Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory]Glassy (frit) soft-paste porcelain with overglaze enamels, goldChelsea octagonal Teabowl and saucer, enamelled with two red dragons and a pair of precious objects, a red and green plum-blossom in the centre.European Ceramicshttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/objects/2768/rdfhttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/14008/fullBeakerca.1750-1752[Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory]Glassy (frit) soft-paste porcelain with overglaze enamelsChelsea fluted and flared beaker, enamelled in the Kakiemon style with a pair of quail perched on turquoise rockwork flanked by prunus, bamboo and grasses. This is beneath a lobed brown-edged rim, and the interior has a single flower head.European Ceramicshttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/objects/2769/rdfhttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/14008/fullPeach-Shaped Dishca.1750-1752[Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory]Glassy (frit) soft-paste porcelain with overglaze enamelsChelsea peach-shaped dish, enamelled in the Kakiemon style with a phoenix flying above flowering prunus, pine and bamboo (the Three Friends of Winter).European Ceramicshttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/objects/2770/rdfhttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/14008/fullSauceboat with Strawberry Leafca.1751-1753[Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory]Glassy (frit) soft-paste porcelain with overglaze enamelsChelsea ‘Strawberry leaf’ sauceboat, decorated in the Kakiemon style with a tiger and stylized dragon entwined in bamboo shoots on the interior, and the exterior has scattered floral sprigs.European Ceramicshttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/objects/2771/rdfhttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/14008/fullTeacup and Saucer1760-1765[Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory]Phosphatic (bone ash) soft-paste porcelain with underglaze blue, overglaze enamels, gildingIn the French taste, plain saucer, the cup shape based on a Vincennes gobelet Herbert, c.1752 painted in colours with children masquerading as adults in the style of François Boucher in five petal shaped reserves on a gros bleu ground, gilt dentil rim and details with etched surfacesEuropean Ceramicshttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/objects/3394/rdfhttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/14008/fullPlateca.1758[Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory, James Giles]Glassy (frit) soft-paste porcelain with overglaze enamelsChelsea plate from the Duke of Cambridge Service. Painted with a large cluster of coloured fruite and foliage within a border comprising five rococo scroll moulded panels, three painted with a butterfly, one with a spray of cherries and the fifth with a leaf.European Ceramicshttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/objects/4494/rdfhttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/14008/fullTeapot with Lady in a Pavilion1750-1752[Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory]Glassy (frit) soft-paste porcelain with overglaze enamelsEuropean Ceramicshttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/objects/3117/rdfhttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/14008/fullOctagonal cup with Kakiemon-type patternca.1752[Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory]Glassy (frit) soft-paste porcelain, overglaze enamelsChelsea octagonal cup with silver handle, polychrome painted with Kakiemon motifs.European Ceramicshttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/objects/1505/rdfhttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/14008/fullScalopendrium Teabowl and Saucerca.1752-1755[Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory]Glassy (frit) soft-paste porcelain with overglaze enamelsChelsea cirquefoil teabowl and saucer of moulded scallopendrium form, naturalistically decorated.European Ceramicshttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/objects/2691/rdfhttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/14008/fullVaseca.1758-1769[Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory]Phosphatic (bone ash) soft-paste porcelain, underglaze blue and overglaze enamels, gilding, goldVaseEuropean Ceramicshttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/objects/2690/rdfhttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/14008/fullTeacup and Saucer with Aesop’s Fables of the “Lion and the Mouse” and the “Fox and the Grapes”ca.1752-1755[Jefferyes O'Neale, Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory]Glassy (frit) soft-paste porcelain with overglaze enamelsA Chelsea Aesop's Fable-decorated octagonal teacup and yellow-ground saucer painted in the manner of Jefferyes Hamett O'Neale. The cup has an elaborate scrolled handle, decorated in polychrome enamels with a depiction of 'The Lion and Mouse'. The interior has florals and an insect. The saucer is decorated with a depiction of 'The Fox and Grapes', inside a double iron-red line circular cartouche, surrounded by scattered florals. The exterior has a yellow-ground, and chocolate brown line rims. European Ceramicshttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/objects/2467/rdfhttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/14008/fullRabbit Tureenca.1755-1756[Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory]Glassy (frit) soft-paste porcelain with overglaze enamelsA naturalistic, life-sized tureen in the form of a crouching rabbit, munching upon a leaf of lettuce upon which is a small snail. Several other lettuce leaves flank the figure. The lid encompasses the ears and part of the back of the rabbit. The rabbit is white with patches of a brownish-purple painted on the body and edges of the ears, the interior of which are painted in a flesh colour. The muzzle and eyes are painted in brown with some flesh colour. All the leaves are painted naturalistically in blue and green with puce veins.European Ceramicshttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/objects/2565/rdfhttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/14008/fullBowl with figures after Jacques Callot (1592–1635)ca.1752-1754[Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory]Glassy (frit) soft-paste porcelain with overglaze enamelsA Chelsea octagonal bowl, painted in purple monochrome around the exterior with a single figure on each side. They are depicting a lady and seven dancing Italian Comedy figures in an airy landscape, each connected by a length of iron-red ribbon. The interior has a tambourine player wearing a knife thrust through an iron-red belt and dancing before a small cliff and a distant mountain. The upturned rim has a small blue-centred rose blossom concealing a flaw.European Ceramicshttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/objects/2573/rdfhttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/14008/fullDish in the Vincennes Styleca.1750-1752[Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory]Glassy (frit) soft-paste porcelain, overglaze enamelsRound dish with six lobes, circle in middle contains polychrome landscape, border around has scattered polychrome floral sprays and insects.European Ceramicshttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/objects/2571/rdfhttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/14008/fullPlate1770[Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory]Phosphatic (bone ash) soft-paste porcelain with overglaze enamels, gildingPlate is painted in neo-classical style with swags and a blue border. Centre vignette is of fruit. There are insects scattered around the centre vignette.European Ceramicshttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/objects/2551/rdfhttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/14008/fullPair of Candlesticksca.1758-1760[Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory]Phosphatic (bone ash) soft-paste porcelain with overglaze enamels, gildingPair of candlesticks with a sheep and lamb set in a delicate bocage on high scrolled base.European Ceramicshttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/objects/2550/rdfhttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/14008/fullPair of crimson ground pomade pots with pastoral figuresca.1760-1765[Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory]soft-paste porcelain, frit, enamel, and gold.Pair of pomade pots in Sèvres style with pastoral figures. They have a dark pink-crimson ground painted with two reserves on each. On pot has a boy shepherd and flowers, and the other has a girl playing a hurdy gurdy and with flowers. The gilt is oeuil-de-perdrix.European Ceramicshttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/objects/2549/rdfhttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/14008/fullDessert Plateca.1765[Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory]Phosphatic (bone ash) soft-paste porcelain with overglaze enamels, gildingPair of dishes with moulded rococo rims, painted boldly with European flowers.European Ceramicshttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/objects/2548/rdfhttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/14008/fullPair of Beakersca.1760-1765[Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory]Phosphatic (bone ash) soft-paste porcelain with underglaze blue, overglaze enamels, gildingPair of double-handled cups with dark blue grounds, reserves finely painted with birds, and gilding.European Ceramicshttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/objects/2547/rdfhttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/14008/fullDessert Plate after a Silver Formca.1760-1765[Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory]Phosphatic (bone ash) soft-paste porcelain with overglaze enamels, gilding Moulded dishes with rococo rims, painted with pairs of birds on one dish and a trios of birds on the other dish. In the centre of both there are European flowers. Each dish is by a different artist.European Ceramicshttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/objects/2546/rdfhttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/14008/fullScent bottle in the form of billing dovesca.1755[Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory]soft-paste porcelain, frit, enamel, and gold.Double perfume bottle in the shape of a pair of billing doves, with a gold mounted stoppers in the shape of butterflies and secured by fine chains. Gold dentil mount to base.European Ceramicshttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/objects/2544/rdfhttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/14008/fullScent bottle in the form of a tulipca.1755[Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory]soft-paste porcelain, frit, enamel, and gold.Perfume bottle is moulded in the shape of a tulip with a bird stopper, painted naturalistically.European Ceramicshttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/objects/2543/rdfhttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/14008/fullTeabowl and Saucerca.1752-1758[Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory]Glassy (frit) soft-paste porcelain with overglaze enamelsPair of teabowls and saucers painted with birds perched on branches, and in flight. A cockerel, a rabbit and a parrot appear on the saucer.European Ceramicshttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/objects/2542/rdfhttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/14008/fullLeaf-shaped dessert dish with fruit and vegetablesca.1756-1758[Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory]soft-paste porcelain, frit, and enamel.Moulded dish in the shape of a leaf with entwined vine handle and foot, painted with cherries, a peach and two root vegetables.European Ceramicshttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/objects/2541/rdfhttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/14008/fullPlate with “Hans Sloane” Botanical Designca.1755[Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory]Glassy (frit) soft-paste porcelain with overglaze enamelsDishes with everted moulded rims, painted with botanical specimens and butterflies.European Ceramicshttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/objects/2540/rdfhttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/14008/fullArtichoke Tureenca.1755[Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory]Glassy (frit) soft-paste porcelain with overglaze enamelsSmall covered tureen is moulded in the shape of an artichoke with a bird finial on the cover, decorated with naturalistic enamels.European Ceramicshttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/objects/2538/rdfhttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/14008/fullCos Lettuce Tureen1755[Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory]Glassy (frit) soft-paste porcelain with overglaze enamelsSmall covered tureen is moulded in the shape of a cos lettuce, enamelled naturalistically. European Ceramicshttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/objects/2537/rdfhttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/14008/fullPair of Strawberry Leaf Sauce Boatsca.1752-1756[Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory]Glassy (frit) soft-paste porcelain with overglaze enamelsPair of saucer boats are moulded in the shape of leaves with trailing strawberry plants and twig handle. Enamelled with European flowers.European Ceramicshttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/objects/2536/rdfhttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/14008/fullDish in the Japanese Kakiemon Styleca.1752-1755[Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory]Glassy (frit) soft-paste porcelain with overglaze enamelsDish has scalloped rim and well, enamelled with the 'Lady-and-Pavilion' pattern, showing a lady seated beside a terrace listening to a bird perched on top of a wicker cage.European Ceramicshttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/objects/2535/rdfhttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/14008/fullBeaker and Saucerca.1752-1755[Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory]Glassy (frit) soft-paste porcelain with overglaze enamelsBeaker and saucer are lobed shape with moulded swirling acanthus leaves, enamelled with flowers.European Ceramicshttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/objects/2534/rdfhttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/14008/fullBeaker the Japanese Kakiemon Styleca.1745-1749[Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory]Glassy (frit) soft-paste porcelain with overglaze enamelsBeaker with acanthus leaf moulding is enamelled with the 'Tiger and Bamboo' pattern, a Kakiemon design. It has a floral design on the inside centre.European Ceramicshttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/objects/2533/rdfhttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/14008/fullTeapotca.1745-1749[Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory]Glassy (frit) soft-paste porcelain with overglaze enamelsTeapot and lid are moulded with acanthus leaves and decorated with scattered flowers and insects in enamels in the style of Vincennes or Meissen.European Ceramicshttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/objects/2532/rdfhttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/14008/fullPlatter with “Hans Sloane” Botanical Designca.1756[Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory]Glassy (frit) soft-paste porcelain with overglaze enamelsA large Chelsea 'Hans Sloane' oval dish, the centre painted with two yellowish white flowers with long thin serrated green leaved stems. The rim has a butterfly, a caterpillar and other insects, and the lobed rim edged in brown.European Ceramicshttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/objects/2574/rdfhttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/14008/fullGoat and Bee Cream Jug1745[Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory]Glassy (frit) soft-paste porcelain with overglaze enamelsChelsea goat and bee jug of flattened baluster form. It is moulded with a pair of supporting goats below moulded branches on which sits a bee in full relief. A spouting tree is forming the handle.European Ceramicshttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/objects/743/rdfhttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/14008/fullTeapot with Aesop’s Fable of the “Horse and the Ass”ca.1752-1755[Jefferyes O'Neale, Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory]Glassy (frit) soft-paste porcelain with overglaze enamelsAn octagonal Chelsea tea pot and cover, painted with a fable of the horse and the donkey and landscape.European Ceramicshttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/objects/770/rdfhttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/14008/fullDessert Plateca.1760-1765[Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory]Phosphatic (bone ash) soft-paste porcelain with overglaze enamels,A Chelsea yellow-ground plate, the centre painted with an exotic bird among trees and shrubs and scattered insects. The canary-yellow shaped border is edged with gilt and puce scrolls and foliage. There is a gilt dentil rim.European Ceramicshttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/objects/830/rdfhttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/14008/fullÉcuelle and Stand Encrusted with Blossomsca.1765[Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory]Glassy (frit) soft-paste porcelain with overglaze enamelsA Chelsea pale-yellow-ground may-blossom écuelle, with cover and stand. The exterior is encrusted with blossoms with turquoise and puce centres. The cover has a striped tulip finial. The interior and well of the stand are painted with bouquets and scattered flowers.European Ceramicshttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/objects/829/rdfhttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/14008/fullCup and Saucerca.1760-1764[Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory]Glassy (frit) soft-paste porcelain with overglaze enamelsA Chelsea Gold Anchor period yellow ground cup and saucer, with gilt around the rims and painted with polychrome flowers.European Ceramicshttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/objects/828/rdfhttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/14008/fullCup and Saucerca.1758[Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory]Phosphatic (bone ash) soft-paste porcelain with overglaze enamels, gildingChelsea cup and saucer, the cup has an addition of an elaborately scrolled handle picked out in puce and gilding. The cup and saucer have a pale yellow ground on which the puce coloured naturalistic flowers and sprigs are painted directly. Gilt edged rims.European Ceramicshttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/objects/827/rdfhttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/14008/fullDessert dish painted with fruit and nutsca.1752-1758[Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory]soft-paste porcelain, frit, and enamel.Chelsea 'yellow ground' dish of oval cruciform shape. The interior is painted in bright enamels with a lemon, a pair of turnips, cherries, winged insects and a caterpillar. There is a brown-edged rim.European Ceramicshttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/objects/826/rdfhttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/14008/fullDessert dish with turnip and cherriesca.1752-1758[Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory]soft-paste porcelain, frit, and enamel.Chelsea 'yellow ground' dish of oval cruciform shape. The interior is painted in bright enamels with a lemon, a pair of turnips, cherries, winged insects and a caterpillar. There is a brown-edged rim.European Ceramicshttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/objects/825/rdf