A Rare Bow Botanical Plate, Circa 1760
W: 7 ¾ ins. (19.7 cms.)
Item No. 2005
A Rare Bow Botanical Plate of octagonal shape with brown dressed rim. The centre is vibrantly painted with a yellow petalled flower amidst puce coloured stem and veined leaves of...
A Rare Bow Botanical Plate of octagonal shape with brown dressed rim. The centre is vibrantly painted with a yellow petalled flower amidst puce coloured stem and veined leaves of variegated green and yellow colour. Scattered sprigs are painted along the rim, along with two insects and a brightly patterned butterfly.
Further Details
Modelled after Chelsea ‘Hans Sloane’ dishes, the painting of Bow botanicals demonstrate more artistic expression rather than botanical accuracy.
Literature
See discussion and a comparative example in A. Gabszewicz and G. Freeman, Bow Porcelain (1982), p. 90, no. 130.
See a near exact example in the Vernon W. Armstrong Collection at the Gardiner Museum, Toronto (G91.7.28.1-2)