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| Figure 9 Fluted cups, East London, England, ca. 1744. Porcelain. H. 2 5/8" and 2 3/8". (Courtesy, Seattle Art Museum, Dorthy Condon Falknor Collection of European Ceramics; photo, Susan Dirk.) The cup on the left is marked with an incised “A” and enameled in the Japanese Kakiemon-style quail pattern, which was used by Meissen, Bow, and, less commonly, by several other early English factories. The form of this slip-cast cup, with its twenty flutes originating from a decagonal low footrim, is a feature of A-marked cups. The white fluted cup on the right, with a somewhat primitive use of applied prunus blossom, leaf, and twig decoration, is one of two examples found occurring in the white and is inspired by a Chinese blanc de chine example. A feature characteristic of but not exclusive to early Bow phosphatic wares is the use of applied prunus blossom. Note the S-shaped handle originating after European silver-derived forms. |