Lot 135 A good Bow plate, circa 1756-58
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| 拍卖时间 | 2026年07月01日 |
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A good Bow plate, circa 1756-58
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GBP 1,200
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Of octagonal shape, Printed in brick-red with 'The Young Archers' or 'Bow and Arrows', depicting five children at play, one boy aiming an arrow to target a hat caught in the branches of a tree, foliage spilling over a scrollwork frame, the rim painted with a trefoil loop border, 18cm wide
Footnotes
Provenance
Miles Collection, Simon Spero exhibition, 2015, no.62
Literature
White, Mary, Eating at the Whites' House, Vol.3, 2022, p.241, fig.c
The source of the print, 'Le Jeu de l'Arbaleste', was adapted by Robert Hancock from a series of children's games originally engraved by Gravelot in around 1732. Gordon and Sue Guy-Jones illustrate a similar plate beside the engraving, see Bow Porcelain, On-glaze Prints and their Sources, 2013, p.95. However, the design was possibly taken by Hancock from another iteration of the design, adapted by Gravelot when he was working in the London workshop of engraver James Cole, as discussed in an upcoming ECC paper by Simon Spier and Alice Clanachan entitled 'Hubert-François Gravelot, James Cole and early English porcelain'. A children's writing sheet published by Cole in 1740 is entitled 'Youthful Diversions' and features a vignette from this design called 'Bow and Arrows'. Other scenes on the same writing sheet were also adapted for printing on Bow and Worcester, see the Worcester mug from the Peter and Mary White Collection sold by Bonhams on 1 December 2025, lot 195.
Painted versions of the 'Youthful Diversions' appear on a rare set of Chelsea plates illustrated by F Severne Mackenna, 1951, pl.26, fig.23.
Footnotes
Provenance
Miles Collection, Simon Spero exhibition, 2015, no.62
Literature
White, Mary, Eating at the Whites' House, Vol.3, 2022, p.241, fig.c
The source of the print, 'Le Jeu de l'Arbaleste', was adapted by Robert Hancock from a series of children's games originally engraved by Gravelot in around 1732. Gordon and Sue Guy-Jones illustrate a similar plate beside the engraving, see Bow Porcelain, On-glaze Prints and their Sources, 2013, p.95. However, the design was possibly taken by Hancock from another iteration of the design, adapted by Gravelot when he was working in the London workshop of engraver James Cole, as discussed in an upcoming ECC paper by Simon Spier and Alice Clanachan entitled 'Hubert-François Gravelot, James Cole and early English porcelain'. A children's writing sheet published by Cole in 1740 is entitled 'Youthful Diversions' and features a vignette from this design called 'Bow and Arrows'. Other scenes on the same writing sheet were also adapted for printing on Bow and Worcester, see the Worcester mug from the Peter and Mary White Collection sold by Bonhams on 1 December 2025, lot 195.
Painted versions of the 'Youthful Diversions' appear on a rare set of Chelsea plates illustrated by F Severne Mackenna, 1951, pl.26, fig.23.
