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Henry Woodward as "The Fine Gentleman"

Made at: Bow Manufactory (England)
English
about 1750
Object Place: Europe, England

Medium/Technique Soft-paste porcelain
Credit Line Jessie and Sigmund Katz Collection
Accession Number1988.572
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsCeramicsPorcelain

DescriptionAll white on pedestal base. Hollow and unglazed inside.
Marks Unmarked.
ProvenanceBy 1925, Mrs. Herbert George Radford, Lested Lodge, Well Walk, Hampstead; probably Radford collection sale, Sotheby's, London (4 November 1943), lot 67(?); by 1954, Mr. and Mrs. Sigmund Katz [see note 1]; 1988, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Sigmund Katz. (Accession date: November 30, 1988)

NOTES:
[1] On February 20, 1954, Sigmund Katz wrote to Kathryn Buhler describing his recent acquisition of "a pair of Bow Kitty Clive and Woodward [1988.572] in white on pedestal bases." From December 27, 1972, on loan to the MFA from Mr. and Mrs. Sigmund Katz.