Plate

Dateca. 1760

Maker Bow Porcelain Manufactory (1749-1776)

MediumPorcelain, soft-paste with pink, blue, green, iron red, and black

DimensionsOverall: 8 5/8in. (21.9cm)

Credit LineMuseum Purchase, Wesley and Elise H. Wright in memory of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Clay Hofheimer II and in honor of John C. Austin

Object number2006-128

DescriptionOctagonal plate decorated with polychrome famille rose enamels. The center design consists of flowers and a rock. The border is ornamented with three floral groupings. The number 47 is painted in iron red on the reverse. An X is incised into the center of the plate base.
Label TextThe Bow Porcelain Manufactory is one of the English porcelain factories whose wares were definitely owned and used in an American context. Shards of wares attributed to the Bow Manufactory have been uncovered archaeologically in Williamsburg. Additionally, the factory placed advertisements for their products in American newspapers. This plate, decorated in typical famille rose colors is representative of Bow's output during the period from 1750 until early in the 1760s. Many of their designs, like this one, were influenced by decorative schemes on Chinese and Japanese porcelain.
MarkingsThe number 47 is painted in iron red on the reverse. An X is incised into the center of the plate base.
ProvenancePurchased from Shaeffer's Antiques in Glyndon, Maryland.