Bow Porcelain Boy Singer Figurine C.1765 Soft-paste Porcelain

Discover a rare mid-18th-century soft-paste porcelain figure from the Bow manufactory in East London. This boy singer, clad in theatrical hat, jacket and breeches, holds a song-sheet and conducts with fluid gesture—an iconic expression of the period’s sentimental genre art. The piece is enamelled in delicate polychrome hues and bears two original factory marks beneath: the red “anchor & dagger” and underglaze-blue “crescent” (1760–1775). A small square vent hole at the base is authentic to Bow’s firing process.

Documented in Peter Bradshaw’s definitive Bow Porcelain Figures, circa 1748–1774 (No. B5, p. 169), it stands 15.5 cm tall (304 g). Condition is outstanding for its age: the hat feather shows probable early restoration; there are minor chips to foliage, a firing crack at the base, and slight losses of enamel and gilding appropriate to age. An exceptional collector’s piece with museum-quality presence.

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