Time clipping the wings of Love
Figure Group
ca. 1775 (made)
ca. 1775 (made)
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Group in soft-paste porcelain, painted with enamels and gilded, of Time clipping the wings of Love, and Time is seated on a pedestal of masonry with flowered drapery thrown round his waist, and holds Cupid on his knee, and at his feet on the scrolled base, are a scythe, hour-class, crown, sceptre, terrestrial globe, skull, and Cupid's quiver.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Time clipping the wings of Love (generic title) |
| 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 Time clipping the wings of Love, Derby Porcelain factory., Derby, ca. 1775. |
| Physical description | Group in soft-paste porcelain, painted with enamels and gilded, of Time clipping the wings of Love, and Time is seated on a pedestal of masonry with flowered drapery thrown round his waist, and holds Cupid on his knee, and at his feet on the scrolled base, are a scythe, hour-class, crown, sceptre, terrestrial globe, skull, and Cupid's quiver. |
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| Credit line | Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber |
| Object history | Purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Lissauer, Hamburg, for £4 10 shillings in October 1880 |
| Production | Label - adapted from the mezzotint by Charles Phillips, dated 1772, after a painting by Sir Anthony van Dyck |
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| Other number | Sch. I 343 - Schreiber number |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 414:409-1885 |
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| Record created | August 14, 2008 |
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