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Statuette
Plymouth Porcelain Factory - Enlarge image
Statuette
- Place of origin:
Plymouth (England), England (made)
- Date:
ca. 1770 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Plymouth Porcelain Factory (manufacturer)
- Materials and Techniques:
Glazed porcelain
- Credit Line:
Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
- Museum number:
414:691-1885
- Gallery location:
Ceramics Study Galleries, Britain & Europe, room 139, case 12, shelf 4
Physical description
Statuette in white glazed porcelain of a man playing a flute, and seated between branches of a flowering tree on a high pedestal with symmetrical rococo scrollwork in relief on the front, and he is dressed in a plumed loose cap, a short coat, and a large apron over knee-breeches.
Place of Origin
Plymouth (England), England (made)
Date
ca. 1770 (made)
Artist/maker
Plymouth Porcelain Factory (manufacturer)
Materials and Techniques
Glazed porcelain
Dimensions
Height: 15.9 cm
Object history note
One of a pair with 414:691/A-1885 (Sch. I 683A).
Descriptive line
Statuette in white glazed porcelain of a man playing a flute, and seated between branches of a flowering tree on a high pedestal with symmetrical rococo scrollwork in relief on the front, made by Plymouth Porcelain Factory, Plymouth, ca. 1770.
Materials
Porcelain
Techniques
Glazed
Subjects depicted
Flowers; Man; Tree; Musician; Flute
Categories
Porcelain; Ceramics
Collection code
CER
