Basin
C. G. Albert
Category
Ceramics
Date
1770
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Measurements
80 mm (H)165 mm (Diameter)
Place of origin
Fürstenberg
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Polesden Lacey, Surrey
NT 1245579
Summary
Porcelain bowl from a tea set. It is stamped with the factory mark F which was used used by the Fuerstenberg factory of Germany. The factory started porcelain production in 1747. It is made of hard-paste porcelain painted and gilded by hand. This set features monkeys dressed as humans, a motif probably inspired by the Meissen monkey figurines.
Provenance
The bequest of Margaret (Anderson) McEwan, The Hon. Mrs Ronald - later Dame Margaret - Henry Fulke Greville, DBE (1863-1942) from probate records linked with the donation of the property to the National Trust in 1943. These items found on the record for Polesden Lacey English and other porcelain stored in cellars, page 99.
Marks and inscriptions
F (stamped on base)
Makers and roles
C. G. Albert, artist Furstenberg, Porcelain manufacturer