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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
1755-56
Dimensions
  • Height: 12.50 in (31.75 cm)
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. 
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