Pipe bowl, Germany, ca. 1765
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
ca. 1765
Pipe bowl of hard paste porcelain, painted with overglaze enamels and moulded in relief, and with mounts, chain and hinged perforated lid of brass, and the upper part of the bowl is of slightly bulbous form, and is painted on either side with a bouquet, and the lower part is moulded in the form of a coiled fish, which from the open mouth issues the base of the stem, and the head, fins and tail are picked out in various colours.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Dimensions
- Height: 10.2 cm; Width: 6.4 cm
- Materials and techniques
- Hard paste porcelain painted with overglaze enamels and moulded in relief, and with a hinged perforated lid of brass
Technical characteristics
- Place recorded
- Germany
Identification
- Candidate id
- vam-O184487
- Museum object number
- 414:494-1885
- Object history (museum record)
- Purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from a sale at Sotheby's for £8 5 shillings in April 1875 Acquired as Worcester porcelain, and illustrated as attributed to Worcester in Church's Handbook of English Porcelain (1885), fig. 34
- Source note
- Facts transcribed from the linked single-object source. Wider type attribution and authenticity have not been independently verified.
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
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