Recumbent Lion
Factory: Bow Porcelain Manufactory
Soft-paste porcelain figure of a Recumbent Lion.
Soft-paste porcelain containing bone ash, press-moulded and covered with greyish lead glaze with black speckles. The underside of the base is flat with diagonal striations and some glaze here and there. There is a circular ventilation hole below the lion's front quarters. The base is rectangular with a curved end, and a curved and sloping end. The lion reclines with its head turned sharply to its right, and its right paw resting on top of a ball. Its tail is between its hind legs. A pair with C.3029B-1928
History note: Canon Bliss; a collector who had a living in Kent; J.J. Davis, 13 Snasgate (?), Dover from whom purchased for £3 on 22 November 1923 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher.
Bequeathed by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher
Height: 8 cm
Length: 10.4 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, Mid#
George II
Circa
1752
-
1755
presumed lead
Lead-glaze
presumed phosphatic
Soft-paste porcelain
Press-moulding
: Soft-paste porcelain containing bone ash, press-moulded and covered with greyish lead glaze with black speckles
Lead-glazing
Accession number: C.3029A-1928
Primary reference Number: 41562
Old object number: 4246A
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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