Pap boat
Manufacturer
Worcester Porcelain Manufactory
(English, founded 1751)
CultureEnglish
Dateca. 1775
MediumSteatitic (soapstone) soft-paste porcelain with overglaze enamels, gilding
DimensionsOverall: 3.8 × 12.7 × 7 cm (1 1/2 × 5 × 2 3/4 in.)
MarkingsNone
DescriptionPap boat shaped in a silver form, painted in colours with sprays of flowers within a gilded dentil border, the interior with the mirrored cipher "JW" in a scrolled cartouche, edged in black
Credit LineGift of William B.G. Humphries
Object numberG23.8.132
Classifications
European CeramicsSub-classification
English PorcelainStatus
On view
Artist / Maker: Worcester Porcelain Manufactory
ca.1768-1772
Object number: G23.8.97a-b
Artist / Maker: Worcester Porcelain Manufactory
ca.1768-1772
Object number: G05.18.29
Artist / Maker: Worcester Porcelain Manufactory
ca.1753
Object number: G23.8.158.1-2
Artist / Maker: Worcester Porcelain Manufactory
ca.1762
Object number: G23.8.157.1-2
Artist / Maker: James Giles
ca.1768-1770; decorated in London, ca.1768-1770
Object number: G23.8.111
Artist / Maker: Worcester Porcelain Manufactory
ca.1754-1756
Object number: G23.8.138
