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Made at: Worcester Manufactory (England)
Decorated by: James Giles (English, 1718–1780)
English
around 1765-70
Object Place: Europe, England

Medium/Technique Soft-paste porcelain
Dimensions Other (Overall): 22.3 cm (8 3/4 in.)
Credit Line Bequest of Janet M. Wolfson
Accession Number1982.49
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsCeramicsPorcelain

DescriptionDecorated in the London workshop James Giles, London. Soft-paste porcelain, molded, shaped, twelve-lobe rim, pastoral scene painted in pink with two men and a child on a riverbank with fishing rod and basket, boats and fortified castle on hill behind; rim decorated with floral sprays and edged in gold. Of the "Grubbe" type.
Marks No mark
InscriptionsWolfson collection label "W. No. 83"
ProvenanceOctober 17, 1972, Sotheby's London, lot 120; Albert Amor, London (dealer); purchased by Janet M. Wolfson, Brookline, MA