Figure
ca. 1770 (made)
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Figure, in white glazed hard-paste porcelain, of a woman playing a mandolin; she is seated between branches of a flowering tree on a high pedestal with symmetrical rococo scrollwork in relief on the front; she wears a hat set on one side of her head and a mantle over her dress
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Glazed hard-paste porcelain |
| Brief description | Figure, in white glazed hard-paste porcelain, of a man playing a flute; he is 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 |
| Physical description | Figure, in white glazed hard-paste porcelain, of a woman playing a mandolin; she is seated between branches of a flowering tree on a high pedestal with symmetrical rococo scrollwork in relief on the front; she wears a hat set on one side of her head and a mantle over her dress |
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| Credit line | Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber |
| Object history | One of a pair with 414:691-1885 (Sch. I 683) Lady Charlotte Schreiber bought these two figures from Mr Robert Fox, Exeter, for £1 in December 1868 |
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| Other number | Sch. I 683A - Schreiber number |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 414:691/A-1885 |
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| Record created | February 3, 2009 |
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