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Poetry
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Poetry
- Object:
Figure group
- Place of origin:
Derby, England (manufactured)
- Date:
1784-1800 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Derby Porcelain factory (manufacturer)
- Materials and Techniques:
Biscuit soft-paste porcelain
- Credit Line:
Bequeathed by Mr Arthur Hurst
- Museum number:
C.308-1940
- Gallery location:
Ceramics Study Galleries, Britain & Europe, room 139, case 9, shelf 5
Physical description
Group representing Poetry, from a set of Muses, in biscuit soft-paste porcelain. A woman is standing in classical drapery, a lyre in her hands, between two cupids, one standing up declaiming, a book on a column beside him, the other seated on the ground reading. Rock base with applied flowers and a mask.
Place of Origin
Derby, England (manufactured)
Date
1784-1800 (made)
Artist/maker
Derby Porcelain factory (manufacturer)
Materials and Techniques
Biscuit soft-paste porcelain
Marks and inscriptions
'D' surmounted by a crown and crossed batons and six dots
'No 216'
'2nd size'
Dimensions
Height: 23.5 cm
Descriptive line
Figure group, Poetry, biscuit porcelain, William Duesbury & Co., Derby, 1784-1800
Materials
Soft-paste porcelain
Subjects depicted
Poetry
Categories
Porcelain; Ceramics
Collection code
CER
