Vegetable seller
Figure
ca. 1754 (made)
ca. 1754 (made)
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Figure of a female peasant in soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamels. She wears a white cap, pinkish bodice, white apron, green skirt, white stockings and yellow clogs. With her right hand she holds up her apron and with her left she supports a cylindrical basket containing vegetables and partly resting on her left hip. Scrollwork base picked out in green.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Vegetable seller (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamels |
| Brief description | Figure, Vegetable seller, enamelled soft-paste porcelain, Derby Porcelain Factory, ca. 1754 |
| Physical description | Figure of a female peasant in soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamels. She wears a white cap, pinkish bodice, white apron, green skirt, white stockings and yellow clogs. With her right hand she holds up her apron and with her left she supports a cylindrical basket containing vegetables and partly resting on her left hip. Scrollwork base picked out in green. |
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| Object history | Formerly in the Hercules Read collection (lot 197/2) Price included C.408-1928. |
| Production | The companion to C.408-1928, which derives from a figure in Meissen's Cries of Paris series of 1753 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | C.409-1928 |
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| Record created | August 14, 2008 |
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