Group of a peepshow
Figure Group
ca. 1785 (made)
ca. 1785 (made)
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| Place of origin |
Figure group of children at a peepshow, in biscuit soft-paste porcelain. Three children are gathered round a peepshow. The peepshow operator, wearing knee-breeches, jacket and hat leans with one arm on the box, while a girl, having put a basket of potatoes, kneels down to look through the aperture. A small, bare-foot boy tugs at her scarf as if to ask for a turn. The group is placed on an irregular, rocky base with decoration of applied leaves and flowers.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Group of a peepshow (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Biscuit soft-paste porcelain |
| Brief description | Figure group of a peepshow, biscuit porcelain, William Duesbury & Co., Derby, ca. 1785 |
| Physical description | Figure group of children at a peepshow, in biscuit soft-paste porcelain. Three children are gathered round a peepshow. The peepshow operator, wearing knee-breeches, jacket and hat leans with one arm on the box, while a girl, having put a basket of potatoes, kneels down to look through the aperture. A small, bare-foot boy tugs at her scarf as if to ask for a turn. The group is placed on an irregular, rocky base with decoration of applied leaves and flowers. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | '9 N' (Incised on base) |
| Production | The group is copied from a Sèvres porcelain model made in 1757 by Falconet after Boucher. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | C.112-1978 |
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| Record created | August 14, 2008 |
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