Bow Porcelain Pickle Dish c1770

Description

Heading : Bow porcelain pickle dish
Date : c1765-1775
Period : George III
Origin : England
Colour : Blue and white
Features : Vine leaf shape painted in blue with with a fruiting vine
Size : 2.4cm tall 7.9cm long and 8.1cm wide
Condition : Very good. some minor grazing as shown
Restoration : None
Weight : 40 grams

References: Anton Gabszewicz. Bow Porcelain The Collection formed by Geoffrey Freeman. p. 80

Bow porcelain and early phosphate porcelain containing high levels of bone ash was prone to failure in the kiln. The Bow manufactory was ultimately to fall into the same hands as it’s rival Chelsea. both were purchased by William Dewsbury of Derby.