Mercury
Figure
1775 (made)
1775 (made)
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| Place of origin |
Figure in soft-paste porcelain, painted with enamels and gilded, of Mercury wearing flowered drapery loosely thrown round him and a winged cap, and he stands with a purse in his right hand and a caduceus in his left, and at his feet are a money bag and a bale of merchandise among clouds on a turquoise-coloured rococo scrolled base picked out in gold.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Mercury (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 Mercury wearing flowered drapery loosely thrown round him and a winged cap, and he stands with a caduceus in his left hand, made by William Duesbury & Co., Derby, 1775. |
| Physical description | Figure in soft-paste porcelain, painted with enamels and gilded, of Mercury wearing flowered drapery loosely thrown round him and a winged cap, and he stands with a purse in his right hand and a caduceus in his left, and at his feet are a money bag and a bale of merchandise among clouds on a turquoise-coloured rococo scrolled base picked out in gold. |
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| Credit line | Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber |
| Object history | Purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Mrs Haliburton, Richmond, for £15 in June 1874. Acquired as Chelsea porcelain. |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Other number | Sch. I 340 - Schreiber number |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 414:179-1885 |
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| Record created | August 14, 2008 |
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