Asia
Bow Porcelain Factory (fl.c. 1748-1774)
Category
Ceramics
Date
1750 - 1776
Materials
Soft paste porcelain
Measurements
135 x 48 mm; 60 mm (L)
Place of origin
Stratford-le-Bow
Order this imageCollection
Saltram, Devon
NT 870875.1
Summary
Figurine - Female figure carrying a casket of spice and standing on a turban symbolising Asia from a set of four Bow soft paste porcelain miniature figurines, of the four continents. All stand on high pierced and shaped bases and standing against bocages of flowers and leaves.
Provenance
At Saltram by 1951 and accepted by HM Treasury in lieu of full payment of Death Duty from the Executors of Edmund Robert Parker (1877-1951), 4th Earl of Morley
Marks and inscriptions
On the base : anchor and dagger marks in red
Makers and roles
Bow Porcelain Factory (fl.c. 1748-1774), potter