Recumbent Lion [or Lioness]
Factory: Bow Porcelain Manufactory
Soft-paste porcelain of a Recumbent Lion (or Lioness)
Soft-paste porcelain containing bone ash, press-moulded and covered with greyish, speckly lead glaze. The underside of the rounded rectangular base is unglazed and has a ventilation hole under the lion's hindquarters. The lion reclines with its head turned back to its left, and its left paw resting on top of a ball. Its tail is wound over its left back foot with its tip resting on the front of the base.
History note: Canon Bliss; a collector who had a living in Kent; J.J. Davis, 13 Snasgate (?), Dover from whom purchased for £3 on 22 November 1923 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher
Bequeathed by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher
Height: 8.3 cm
Length: 9.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, Mid#
George II
Circa
1752
-
1755
phosphatic
Soft-paste porcelain
presumed lead
Lead-glaze
Press-moulding
: Soft-paste porcelain containing bone ash, press-moulded and covered with greyish, speckly lead glaze
Lead-glazing
Accession number: C.3029B-1928
Primary reference Number: 41568
Old object number: 4246B
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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