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Moulded with acanthus leaves and scale ornament, rococo scrolls to the sides, the rectangular top with a serpentine front and pierced with two holes for suspension, 14.5cm high
Footnotes
Provenance
John Warrell Collection;
Faith and Dewayne Perry Collection, Simon Spero exhibition, 2008, no. 18
Literature
White, Mary, Living at the Whites' House, Vol. 4, 2023, p. 209
Brackets such as this were probably intended to display small figures or vases, and were produced at Bow, Derby, Longton Hall and perhaps also at Chelsea during the 1750s. Just two other examples of this particular model appear to be recorded. One is illustrated by Oswald Glendenning, 'Old Porcelain Wall-Brackets', EPC Trans, Vol.III, 1931, pl.XVII(d) (as Derby), where it is illustrated alongside three more white wall brackets of different designs from Derby and Bow. The other was in the Irwin Untermyer Collection and is now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art (inv. no.64.101.768) (as Derby). Simon Spero notes in his 2008 catalogue that the whiteness of the paste, the nature of the glaze and the overall style are atypical for Derby and that a Bow attribution is more likely.