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Description: | Design for table decoration in the form of a comport of three tiers on a central pole with intertwining leaves supporting (top) parrots above hanging lanterns, (middle) parrots, with putti on scrolling foliage below, and (bottom) hexagonal baskets with hanging lanterns below. The whole terminates at the top with a figure of a putto eating grapes and rests on a foot, decorated with a coat of arms supported by a putto, which in turn supports two half-clad female figures each supporting a two-tiered hexagonal comport terminating in a globe above. Size: 25.7 x 17.9 cm Bought with aid of grants from the Friends of The Bowes Museum, the National Art Collections Fund and the Heritage Lottery Fund. Bought with aid of grants from the Friends of The Bowes Museum, the National Art Collections Fund and the Heritage Lottery Fund. | License: | http://www.thebowesmuseum.org.uk/terms/ | Rights holder: | The Bowes Museum | Subjects: | 1763 | Source: | Bowes-OAI | Identifier: | http://www.thebowesmuseum.org.uk/collect... | Go to resource |
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