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Additional Image:

 This Bow teapot is printed with the Tea Party to one side ...
and the Wheeling Chair to the other.
Shape Type
Dinner & Dessert Wares
Pattern Type
Genre Scenes
Date
1756-1758
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 7.60 in (19.30 cm)
Maker
Bow
Engraver's Name
R. Hancock

Description:

This Bow plate has a painted floral border and is printed in red with a combination of the Tea Party and the Wheeling Chair.  Both these designs are included in the 1756 drawing book printed for John Bowles.  This combined print is the only design on Bow porcelain that bears the signature of Robert Hancock, although a number of other prints on Bow porcelain appear
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