Justice
Figure
ca. 1765 (made)
ca. 1765 (made)
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| Place of origin |
Figure, in soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, of a female, representing Justice, standing with eyes closed and holding in one hand a sword-hilt, and the other hand is stretched out, and she wears a flowered and gilt robe with a pink-lined greenish-blue cloak thrown over it and is supported on a gilt rococo scrolled pedestal.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Justice (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 female, representing Justice, standing with eyes closed and holding in one hand a sword-hilt, and the other hand is stretched out, made by William Duesbury & Co., Derby, ca. 1765. |
| Physical description | Figure, in soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, of a female, representing Justice, standing with eyes closed and holding in one hand a sword-hilt, and the other hand is stretched out, and she wears a flowered and gilt robe with a pink-lined greenish-blue cloak thrown over it and is supported on a gilt rococo scrolled pedestal. |
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| Credit line | Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber |
| Object history | Purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Stroobant, Brussels, for £12 10 shillings in March 1874 Acquired as Chelsea porcelain. |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Other number | Sch. I 300 - Schreiber number |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 414:182-1885 |
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| Record created | August 14, 2008 |
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