Bowl
Emile Samson
Category
Ceramics
Date
1837 - 1913
Materials
ceramic
Measurements
595 mm (Diameter)665 mm (Diameter)375 mm (H)
Place of origin
Montreuil
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Polesden Lacey, Surrey
NT 1245567
Summary
A goldfish bowl made in France by the Samson factory, copying the Chinese Qianlong style cistern of the 1750s. Samson was the most famous copyist of the Edwardian period. This bowl has ‘famille rose’ decoration. The name ‘famille rose’ is a European term used to describe the distinctive rose pink colour range used on Chinese export wares after 1720. The interior of this bowl depicts golden fish, shrimps and crabs amongst pond plants.
Provenance
Date of acquisition not recorded, but originally at 16 Charles Street, Mayfair, Mrs Greville's London home, and bequeathed by Margaret McEwan, The Hon. Mrs Ronald Greville (1863-1942) with Polesden Lacey, to the National Trust, in memory of her father, William McEwan (1827-1913) in 1942. This item found on the probate inventory record for Charles Street chattels at Polesden Lacey, found in the Dining Room, page 16.
Makers and roles
Emile Samson , maker