Seal
ca. 1749-1760 (made)
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Seal in white soft-paste porcelain, and in the form of a figure of playwright Shakespeare standing, and with a carnelian intaglio of a serpent and two hearts with the words 'IE ENVIE'.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Soft-paste porcelain |
| Brief description | Seal in white soft-paste porcelain, and in the form of a figure of playwright Shakespeare standing, and with a carnelian intaglio, made by Charles Gouyn's factory, London, ca. 1749-1760 |
| Physical description | Seal in white soft-paste porcelain, and in the form of a figure of playwright Shakespeare standing, and with a carnelian intaglio of a serpent and two hearts with the words 'IE ENVIE'. |
| Marks and inscriptions | 'IE ENVIE' (On the carnelian intaglio) |
| Credit line | Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber |
| Object history | Purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Morpurgo, Amsterdam, for 10 shillings in May 1878. Acquired as Chelsea porcelain. Figure based after the statue in Westminster Abbey by Peter Scheemakers, after a design of William Kent |
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| Other number | Sch. I 425 - Schreiber number |
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| Accession number | 414:313-1885 |
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| Record created | January 13, 2009 |
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