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A Bow Cylindrical Toilet Pot and Cover, Circa 1758
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A Bow Cylindrical Toilet Pot and Cover, Circa 1758
of cylindrical form, the cover applied with a small flower and bud finial, finely painted in the manner of James Welsh, with sprays and sprigs of scattered garden flowers, a ladybird and a moth.
Height 2 7/8 in.
7.3 cm
Provenance
Simon Spero, London, by 1991;
Billie Pain (1918-2003) Collection, Sussex, bearing label;
Bonhams London, November 26, 2003, lot 34
Literature
Simon Spero, English Porcelain and Enamels 1745-1791, exh. cat., London, 1991, p. 4, no. 6
Tony Stevenson, 'Some Bow Inkstands', E.C.C Transactions, 1993, vol. 14, part. 3, p. 280, fig. 24
Catalogue note
Stevenson in his 1993 paper comments on the slight differences of the palette and painting techniques on the present lot and those of Bow porcelains attributed to James Welsh. The form and decoration of the present lot are close to examples of the contemporary Pots à ford form produced at Mennecy. Stevenson notes Bow may have gained access to Mennecy porcelain through an Irish wholesaler, Mrs McNally, whom John Bowcock visited in 1758.
of cylindrical form, the cover applied with a small flower and bud finial, finely painted in the manner of James Welsh, with sprays and sprigs of scattered garden flowers, a ladybird and a moth.
Height 2 7/8 in.
7.3 cm
Provenance
Simon Spero, London, by 1991;
Billie Pain (1918-2003) Collection, Sussex, bearing label;
Bonhams London, November 26, 2003, lot 34
Literature
Simon Spero, English Porcelain and Enamels 1745-1791, exh. cat., London, 1991, p. 4, no. 6
Tony Stevenson, 'Some Bow Inkstands', E.C.C Transactions, 1993, vol. 14, part. 3, p. 280, fig. 24
Catalogue note
Stevenson in his 1993 paper comments on the slight differences of the palette and painting techniques on the present lot and those of Bow porcelains attributed to James Welsh. The form and decoration of the present lot are close to examples of the contemporary Pots à ford form produced at Mennecy. Stevenson notes Bow may have gained access to Mennecy porcelain through an Irish wholesaler, Mrs McNally, whom John Bowcock visited in 1758.
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A Bow Cylindrical Toilet Pot and Cover, Circa 1758
of cylindrical form, the cover applied with a small flower and bud finial, finely painted in the manner of James Welsh, with sprays and sprigs of scattered garden flowers, a ladybird and a moth.
Height 2 7/8 in.
7.3 cm
Provenance
Simon Spero, London, by 1991;
Billie Pain (1918-2003) Collection, Sussex, bearing label;
Bonhams London, November 26, 2003, lot 34
Literature
Simon Spero, English Porcelain and Enamels 1745-1791, exh. cat., London, 1991, p. 4, no. 6
Tony Stevenson, 'Some Bow Inkstands', E.C.C Transactions, 1993, vol. 14, part. 3, p. 280, fig. 24
Catalogue note
Stevenson in his 1993 paper comments on the slight differences of the palette and painting techniques on the present lot and those of Bow porcelains attributed to James Welsh. The form and decoration of the present lot are close to examples of the contemporary Pots à ford form produced at Mennecy. Stevenson notes Bow may have gained access to Mennecy porcelain through an Irish wholesaler, Mrs McNally, whom John Bowcock visited in 1758.
of cylindrical form, the cover applied with a small flower and bud finial, finely painted in the manner of James Welsh, with sprays and sprigs of scattered garden flowers, a ladybird and a moth.
Height 2 7/8 in.
7.3 cm
Provenance
Simon Spero, London, by 1991;
Billie Pain (1918-2003) Collection, Sussex, bearing label;
Bonhams London, November 26, 2003, lot 34
Literature
Simon Spero, English Porcelain and Enamels 1745-1791, exh. cat., London, 1991, p. 4, no. 6
Tony Stevenson, 'Some Bow Inkstands', E.C.C Transactions, 1993, vol. 14, part. 3, p. 280, fig. 24
Catalogue note
Stevenson in his 1993 paper comments on the slight differences of the palette and painting techniques on the present lot and those of Bow porcelains attributed to James Welsh. The form and decoration of the present lot are close to examples of the contemporary Pots à ford form produced at Mennecy. Stevenson notes Bow may have gained access to Mennecy porcelain through an Irish wholesaler, Mrs McNally, whom John Bowcock visited in 1758.
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