Cupid with a birdcage
Figure
1784-1800 (made)
1784-1800 (made)
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| Place of origin |
Figure of Cupid of biscuit porcelain, clad only in a hat and a net slung over his shoulder, leaning with his right arm on a birdcage into which he is putting a bird with his left hand. The cage rests on a heap of rocks with flowers in the crevices.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Cupid with a birdcage (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Biscuit soft-paste porcelain |
| Brief description | Figure, Cupid with a birdcage?, biscuit porcelain, repaired by Isaac Farnsworth, manufactured by William Duesbury & Co., Derby, 1784-1800 |
| Physical description | Figure of Cupid of biscuit porcelain, clad only in a hat and a net slung over his shoulder, leaning with his right arm on a birdcage into which he is putting a bird with his left hand. The cage rests on a heap of rocks with flowers in the crevices. |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by Captain H. B. Murray |
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| Collection | |
| Accession number | C.2580-1910 |
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| Record created | August 14, 2008 |
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