Home

Foreword

Jefferyes Hammett O'Neale

Exhibition

    1 - 21
    22 - 42
    43 - 63
    64 - 84
    85 - 89

Bibliography

Contact Us

Back to Gallery

<< 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 >>

Another rare Bow Botanical plate, painted with a full spray of fruiting white currants and leaves issuing from a twig together with two ripe damsons, a colourful butterfly, several moths and two ladybirds to one side, both plates with chocolate brown line rims.

c. 1756.

diameter: 8¾ ins (21.5 cms)
No marks

This plate should be compared with a large basin in the Passemore Edwards Collection, see Anton Gabszewicz Made at New Canton, Bow porcelain from the London borough of Newham, exhib.cat.2000 p.62. With this type of decoration being used it is obvious that the Bow manufactory was aiming its wares in the direction of the wealthy and aristocratic classes of the day, thereby competing with Chelsea on this higher level of competition within the market as well as holding sway at the lower middle market. Once again an example of the ingenuity at Bow with design and business.

<< 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 >>