Africa
Bow Porcelain Factory (fl.c. 1748-1774)
Category
Ceramics
Date
1750 - 1776
Materials
Soft paste porcelain
Measurements
140 x 50 mm; 60 mm (Length)
Place of origin
Stratford-le-Bow
Order this imageCollection
Saltram, Devon
NT 870875.3
Summary
Figurine - Male figure (one arm missing) with a lion at his feet symbolising Africa, from a set of four Bow soft paste porcelain miniature figurines, of the four continents. All stand on high pierced and shaped bases and stand 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 Base: on the base.
Makers and roles
Bow Porcelain Factory (fl.c. 1748-1774), potter