Girl with basket
Figure
ca. 1780 (made)
ca. 1780 (made)
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Figure of a girl with basket, soft-paste porcelain enamelled in colours and gilt. A girl standing bare foot, holding a basket of fruit before her in both hands. She wears a yellow bodice laced in front over a white short-sleeved under garment and a white apron over a striped skirt, and has a bunch of flowers set in her hair. Rococo-scrolled base.
Object details
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| Title | Girl with basket (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilt |
| Brief description | Figure of a girl with basket, pair with boy with basket, soft-paste porcelain enamelled in colours and gilt, William Duesbury & Co., Derby, England, ca. 1780 |
| Physical description | Figure of a girl with basket, soft-paste porcelain enamelled in colours and gilt. A girl standing bare foot, holding a basket of fruit before her in both hands. She wears a yellow bodice laced in front over a white short-sleeved under garment and a white apron over a striped skirt, and has a bunch of flowers set in her hair. Rococo-scrolled base. |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by Captain H. B. Murray |
| Production | Label - Chelsea-Derby. |
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| Associated object | C.2589-1910 (Set) |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | C.2590-1910 |
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| Record created | August 14, 2008 |
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