Musician
Figure
ca. 1775 (made)
ca. 1775 (made)
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Figure in soft-paste porcelain, painted with enamels and gilded, of a lady seated on a high-backed chair playing a lute, and supported on an eight-sided base with gilt lines, and she wears a flowered dress, and has a spaniel on her lap, and underneath her chair is a second lute with books piled upon it.
Object details
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Title | Musician (generic title) |
Materials and techniques | Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded |
Brief description | Figure in soft-paste porcelain, painted with enamels and gilded, of a lady seated on a high-backed chair playing a lute, made by William Duesbury & Co., Derby, ca. 1775. |
Physical description | Figure in soft-paste porcelain, painted with enamels and gilded, of a lady seated on a high-backed chair playing a lute, and supported on an eight-sided base with gilt lines, and she wears a flowered dress, and has a spaniel on her lap, and underneath her chair is a second lute with books piled upon it. |
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Credit line | Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber |
Object history | One of a pair with 414:425-1885 (Sch. I 357) The pair was purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Jurnel, Paris, for 9 shillings [?] in November 1880 |
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Other number | Sch. I 357A - Schreiber number |
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Accession number | 414:425/A-1885 |
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Record created | August 14, 2008 |
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