M. FORD CREECH ANTIQUES & FINE ARTS
BOW PORCELAIN WHITE CHOCOLATE CUP England, c1752
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Of beaker shape having two scrolling handles, the front and back with crisply applied blooming prunus sprigs in the Chinese Dehua (blanc de chine) manner, the glaze a creamy white the verso with labels for Stockspring Antiques, London; and Schwartz Collection
Condition : Excellent
Shown below also with a French Saint-Cloud Trembleuse Saucer
Note : The Saint-Cloud c1720-30 Trembleuse Saucer Although the Bow two-handled cup is English and bears slightly different arrangement of prunus sprigs than the Saint-Cloud trembleuse saucer, the creamy glazes and pastes, as well as footrim and trembleuse opening, are quite compatible.
2.75” High x 4.25 Wide (over handles)
Price : Please Inquire
#6836
( About White
Porcelains )
The
first white porcelain was produced in China during the Song
Dynasty (960-1269 AD). It was known as Ding (Ting) ware
- a white paste covered with an almost transparent ivory glaze. It was
not until the end of the Ming Dynasty, (circa 1685-1644), that kilns in the
Fukien province introduced Dehua wares ("blanc de chine") - a white porcelain with
creamy glaze. The majority of the forms were small figures, bottles,
dishes,
and libation cups and
beakers.
Upon reaching
Europe, these crisply molded cups and beakers became
immensely popular -
and from
the late 1600's, imitated in varying pastes and
glazes by European manufactories.
Among
the earliest European producers were :
Saint-Cloud, Mennecy and Chantilly in France, Meissen in Saxony (Germany),
and in England, Lund's
Bristol, and particularly early Chelsea and Bow.
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