Absinthe seller
Figure
ca. 1754 (made)
ca. 1754 (made)
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Figure of an absinthe seller in soft-paste porcelain painted in enamels. He wears a brown wide-brimmed hat, white shirt, yellow coat, pink cape, green breeches, white stockings and black clogs. He stand near a tree stump and holds a lantern and a basket containing two bottles. Scrollwork base picked out in purple. Copied from a Meissen porcelain figure, an example of which is C.949-1919.
Object details
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Title | Absinthe seller (generic title) |
Materials and techniques | Soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamels |
Brief description | Figure, Absinthe seller, enamelled soft-paste porcelain, Derby Porclain Factory, ca. 1754 |
Physical description | Figure of an absinthe seller in soft-paste porcelain painted in enamels. He wears a brown wide-brimmed hat, white shirt, yellow coat, pink cape, green breeches, white stockings and black clogs. He stand near a tree stump and holds a lantern and a basket containing two bottles. Scrollwork base picked out in purple. Copied from a Meissen porcelain figure, an example of which is C.949-1919. |
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Object history | Formerly in the Hercules Read collection (sold as lot 197/2) Price included C.409-1928. |
Production | Adapted from a figure in Meissen's Cries of Paris series of 1753. The companion to C.409-1928. |
Bibliographic reference | 'A Miscellany of Pieces' English Ceramic Circle Transactions. no. 3, 1935, p. 18 and pl. x. |
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Accession number | C.408-1928 |
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Record created | August 14, 2008 |
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