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KC1973-664
Bowl
KC1973-664

Bowl

Date1752-1758
Artist/Maker Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory (1745-1769)
MediumPorcelain, Soft-paste
DimensionsD: 6 1/2"; H: 3 11/16"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1960-312,1
DescriptionSoft-paste porcelain bowl with molded decoration in relief that resembles cabbage leaves. The exterior leaves have been painted with enamels, green fading to yellow. The veins of the leaves and the foot of the bowl have been painted with purple enamel. There are four hand-painted insects of varying size and color on the inside of the bowl.
Label TextSeveral bowls in this shape appear in the two red anchor period Chelsea catalogs including "a cabbage leaf bason" and "an old leaf bason." A biscuit waster of most of a similar bowl was found on the site of the Chelsea factory.
MarkingsAnchor painted in red inside foot ring on base.
ProvenanceEx coll: Marquis of Exeter, Stamford, England
Purchased from: Charles Woollett & Son, London
Exhibition(s)
DS1988-0063
1752-1758
DS1997-0484
1745-1749
KC1973-631
1745-1749
KC1973-664
1752-1758
DS1997-0481
1744-1749
DS1983-556
1750-1752
KC1968-896
ca. 1755
KC1968-896
ca. 1755
KC1973-648
1745-1749
Vases 1968-632,1&2
ca. 1755