Overglaze
Printing on porcelain 1750-1800
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Pattern Source Source Description: The source of Whip-top is Le Jeu du sabot, engraving no 2 in 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:
Maker: Bow Description: This Bow straight sided mug is printed in overglaze red with three scenes of children's games: Whip-top (seen here), Blind Man's Buff and Battledore and Shuttlecock, all based on engravings of about 1750 by Jacques Bacheley after designs by Gravelot . The painted floral border is also known on a bowl in the British Museum that is dated 1754. BACK TO CATALOG INDEX
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