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Plate depicting the fable "The Lion & the Mouse"

(Irish, active in England 1734–1801)
about 1769
Object PlaceEngland
Medium/TechniqueSoft-paste porcelain with colored enamel and gilded decoration
DimensionsOverall: 3.8 x 19.5 cm (1 1/2 x 7 11/16 in.)
Credit LineBequest of Janet M. Wolfson
Accession number1982.68
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsCeramics
Collections
InscriptionsWolfson collection label, "W No. 66"
ProvenanceBastard collection; Lady Corah; July 20, 1971, sold by Lady Corah at Sotheby's, London, lot 66. Tilley and Co., London; by 1981, Mrs. Janet M. Wolfson, Brookline, MA; 1982, bequest of Mrs. Janet M. Wolfson. (Accession date: January 13, 1982)
Group shot: 1982.61a-b-2a-b
Worcester Manufactory
about 1770
Group shot: 1982.61a-b-2a-b
Worcester Manufactory
about 1770
Group shot: 1983.43-4
Sèvres Manufactory
about 1760
Group shot: 1983.43-4
Sèvres Manufactory
about 1760
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about 1752–53
Worcester Manufactory
about 1752–53
Group shot: 65.1817a-b, 65.1818a-b, 65.1819a-b
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1758
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1758
Group shot:  65.1787a-b, 65.1788a-b
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