Lowestoft Porcelain Factory
(Factory)
Soft-paste porcelain bowl, painted with Oriental scenes in underglaze blue.
Soft-paste porcelain bowl, painted underglaze in blue. The circular bowl has shallow, rounded sides, and stands on a wedge-shaped footring. It is painted on the outside with vases of flowers and a Chinese lady holding a parasol in a garden, the inside with the inscription 'John. Wright. Wangford. 1768'. There is a scroll and arrow border around the inside of the rim.
History note: W.J. Lee Collection, sold Sotheby's 17th November 1932, lot 81; Colman Collection, sold Sotheby's 20th April 1948, lot 24, £52; E.D. Levine Collection.
Given by Mrs F. Recordon
Diameter: 21.7 cm
Height: 7.7 cm
Method of acquisition: Given
(1967)
by
Recordon, F., Mrs
Mid-18th Century
George III
Production date:
circa
AD 1768
Decoration composed of cobalt-blue
presumed lead Lead-glaze Soft-paste porcelain
Accession number: C.7-1967
Primary reference Number: 38433
Stable URI
Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts
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