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Source Description:

The source of Blind Man's Buff is this engraving of Le Colin Maillard from the series Petits Jeux d'enfants published in Paris about 1750.  The engravings are by Jacques Bacheley after designs by Hubert Gravelot.   

 

Shape Type: Miscellaneous

Pattern Type: Children

Date: c. 1755-56

Dimensions:

  • Height: 4.92 in (12.50 cm)

Maker: Bow

Description:

This Bow jug is printed in overglaze red with Blind Man's Buff (shown here), Marbles and Battledore and Shuttlecock.  These prints are based on engravings of about 1750 by Jacques Bacheley after designs by Gravelot.  These designs also appear on Worcester porcelain.  This series of prints of Youthful Diversions is discussed by Cyril Cook in ECC Transactions 3 (1).  He attributed the engravings of...


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