A London-decorated figured of a nun c.1755-60, after Chelsea or Bow in imitation of Meissen, seated and reading from a bible or prayer book, wearing a puce mantle over a flowered robe, 12.8cm. Provenance: the Roy Hogarth Collection. The Stephen Hanscombe Collection.Exhibited: Stockspring Antiques, June 2008, Early James Giles, No. 80. The steatic soft-paste porcelain of this model has been previously attributed to Vauxhall and may possibly be linked to a short-lived concern at Kentish Town under the direction of John Bolton.