Figure Group
ca. 1785 (made)
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Figure group in soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded of a boy and girl dancing. The boy is putting his arm round the waist of the girl, whose left arm rests on his shoulder. Behind the boy is a tree-stump. They stand on a gilt rococo scrolled base and are only slightly coloured, with gilt edges to their garments, and with the flesh and hair tinted.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded |
| Brief description | Figure group in soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded of a boy and girl dancing, Derby Porcelain Factory, Derby, ca. 1785. |
| Physical description | Figure group in soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded of a boy and girl dancing. The boy is putting his arm round the waist of the girl, whose left arm rests on his shoulder. Behind the boy is a tree-stump. They stand on a gilt rococo scrolled base and are only slightly coloured, with gilt edges to their garments, and with the flesh and hair tinted. |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by Herbert Allen |
| Object history | Copied from a group of Meissen porcelain modelled by Johann Jaochim Kändler. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Twitchett, John. Derby Porcelain. London : Barrie & Jenkins, 1980. 120 p.
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| Accession number | C.254-1935 |
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| Record created | August 14, 2008 |
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