A porcelain pot of bombe form with cover and shaped stand, the ground salmon with gilt stars and seed pearls. Called a bough pot because it is designed to hold boughs or flowers. The panels including the scene 'Cupid disarmed by Euphrosyne' painted by James Banford, William Billingsley and, probably, Zachariah Boreman.
More information
Title of artwork, date
A Derby Bough Pot, c. 1790
Date supported
1983
Medium and material
Porcelain
Dimensions
12 x 18 cm
Grant
500
Total cost
3600
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