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Made at: Bow Manufactory (England)
Engraved by: Robert Hancock (English, 1731–1817)
Decoration designed by: Hubert François Gravelot (French, 1699–1773)
Engraved by: Robert Hancock (English, 1731–1817)
Decoration designed by: Hubert François Gravelot (French, 1699–1773)
English
about 1754-58
Object Place: Europe, England
Medium/Technique
Soft-paste porcelain, transfer-printed decoration
Dimensions
Diam. 7 7/8 in.
Credit Line
Jessie and Sigmund Katz Collection
Accession Number59.1099
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
DescriptionRim has border decoration of trefoils and darts. In center of well, there is an overglaze transfer-printed vignette within a rococo cartouche of Aeneas carrying his father, Anchises, on his back followed by his son Ascanius and his wife Creusa fleeing from the burning Troy, after Hubert-Francois Gravelot. The vignette border consists of scrolls and ribbons, in brick-red.
Marks
Jas. A. Lewis and Son label on back
ProvenanceJames A Lewis and Son, London and New York (dealers); by 1957, Jessie and Sigmund Katz