Bough pot
Manufacturer
Worcester Porcelain Manufactory
(English, founded 1751)
CultureEnglish
Dateca.1768
MediumSteatitic (soapstone) soft-paste porcelain with overglaze enamels
DimensionsOverall: 16.5 × 22 × 14.5 cm (6 1/2 × 8 11/16 × 5 11/16 in.)
MarkingsSquare mark
DescriptionOf exuberant rococo-moulded form, the high back pierced for suspension, the fixed cover with one large and eighteen smaller apertures, the boldly scroll-moulded rim picked out in gold, painted in bright enamels with three panels of 'fancy' birds edged with gilt scrollwork, the reverse with smaller birds and moths in flight, reserved on a scale blue ground
Credit LineGift of William B.G. Humphries
Object numberG23.8.72
Classifications
European CeramicsSub-classification
English PorcelainStatus
Not on view
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