Boy with a kid, symbolising autumn
Figure
ca. 1770s (made)
ca. 1770s (made)
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Tin-glazed earthenware figure of a boy with a kid, symbolising autumn, painted in colours with some gilding.
Object details
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| Title | Boy with a kid, symbolising autumn (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Tin-glazed earthenware painted in colours with some gilding |
| Brief description | Tin-glazed earthenware figure of a boy with a kid, symbolising autumn, painted in colours, Niderviller pottery and porcelain factory, France, about 1770-1780 |
| Physical description | Tin-glazed earthenware figure of a boy with a kid, symbolising autumn, painted in colours with some gilding. |
| Gallery label | Gallery 128 Decant 2003
This figure was also made at Niderviller in hard-paste porcelain (an example is C.1-1950)(07/06/2004) |
| Credit line | Bequeathed by Stuart G. Davis |
| Object history | Paper label: 'COLLECTION A. PLOQUIN' Acquisition type: Bequest |
| Production | Illustrated by Arthur Lane in French Faïence, 1948, pl. 82E, where dated to about 1754-70 (although the existence of the enamelled porcelain version and of comparable figures in biscuit porcelain may suggest a later date). |
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| Accession number | C.264-1951 |
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| Record created | June 7, 2004 |
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