Shape Type: Dinner & Dessert Wares

Pattern Type: Chinese, Asian and Other Exotic Themes

Date: c. 1760-1765

Dimensions:

  • Diameter: 8.00 in (20.32 cm)

Maker: Bow

Description:

This Bow plate is decorated with one of the relatively few underglaze blue printed  patterns used at the factory.  It has been named the Spinning Maiden, as it is said to have been inspired by the Chinese legend of the romance between the Oxherd and the Spinning Maiden. This pattern is more frequently found on Derby porcelain.

It may be that, after he left Worcester in 1759, Richard Holdship...


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