Hearing
Figure
ca. 1755-1760 (made)
ca. 1755-1760 (made)
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Figure of a lady playing a lute in soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels. She is seated on a rock and is wearing a white flowered bodice and paniered skirt strewn with small purple quatrefoils, yellow shoes and small frilled cap with pink ribbon. Slightly mounded base moulded with foliate scrolls and shell, picked out in pale greenish-blue and pink.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Hearing (manufacturer's title) |
| Materials and techniques | Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and moulded |
| Brief description | Figure of Hearing as a lady playing a lute in soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels, William Duesbury & Co., Derby, ca. 1755-1760. |
| Physical description | Figure of a lady playing a lute in soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels. She is seated on a rock and is wearing a white flowered bodice and paniered skirt strewn with small purple quatrefoils, yellow shoes and small frilled cap with pink ribbon. Slightly mounded base moulded with foliate scrolls and shell, picked out in pale greenish-blue and pink. |
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| Credit line | Given by E. F. Broderip, Esq. |
| Object history | From a set of the Senses |
| Production | Bradshaw does not confirm title. See D6 Lady Seated Playing a Mandoline p66. See also B34 p48. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Honey, W. B. Old English Porcelain. London : Faber&Faber, 1948. pp.105, 108, 109.
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| Collection | |
| Accession number | C.679-1925 |
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| Record created | August 14, 2008 |
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