The Goddess Ceres
Figure
ca. 1765 (made)
ca. 1765 (made)
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Figure of Ceres in soft-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilded. She is standing barefoot, a bunch of flowers in her right hand, her left resting on a sheaf of corn and flowers held up by a naked boy besider her; tree stump with applied flowers. She wears a flowered white inner garment, pink-lined turquoise outer robe and headdress of ears of corn and flowers. Scrolled base picked out in turquoise and gilded.
Object details
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| Title | The Goddess Ceres (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilded |
| Brief description | Figure, The Goddess Ceres, soft-paste porcelain enamelled in colours and gilt, William Duesbury & Co., Derby, ca. 1765 |
| Physical description | Figure of Ceres in soft-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilded. She is standing barefoot, a bunch of flowers in her right hand, her left resting on a sheaf of corn and flowers held up by a naked boy besider her; tree stump with applied flowers. She wears a flowered white inner garment, pink-lined turquoise outer robe and headdress of ears of corn and flowers. Scrolled base picked out in turquoise and gilded. |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by Arthur Hurst |
| Object history | Catalogued on accession as a figure of Flora. |
| Production | Label - from Meissen model by J.F. Eberlein. |
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| Collection | |
| Accession number | C.302-1940 |
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| Record created | August 14, 2008 |
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