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The Toper
Plymouth Porcelain Factory - Enlarge image
The Toper
- Object:
Figure
- Place of origin:
Plymouth (made)
- Date:
ca. 1770 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Plymouth Porcelain Factory (manufacturer)
- Materials and Techniques:
Hard-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilded
- Credit Line:
Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
- Museum number:
414:694/A-1885
- Gallery location:
Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery, case 12, shelf 6
Physical description
Figure, in hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilded, of a young woman reclining upon a tree trunk; she is supported on a high base with symmetrical leafy scrollwork in relief on the front, and on either side is a branch with applied flowers and foliage; she leans on a cask and raises a wine-glass to her lips with her right hand; she is dressed in a purple bodice, a flowered skirt, and red shoes, and she has a red plum in her hair.
Place of Origin
Plymouth (made)
Date
ca. 1770 (made)
Artist/maker
Plymouth Porcelain Factory (manufacturer)
Materials and Techniques
Hard-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilded
Dimensions
Height: 15.2 cm
Object history note
One of a pair with 414:694-1885 (Sch. I 703)
Lady Charlotte Schreiber purchased these figures from Kerridge, London, for £6 10 shillings in January 1873
Descriptive line
Figure, in hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilded, of a young woman reclining upon a tree trunk and drinking wine, made by Plymouth Porcelain Factory, Plymouth, ca. 1770
Materials
Porcelain
Techniques
Painted; Gilded
Subjects depicted
Wine glasses; Flowers; Cask; Woman
Categories
Ceramics; Porcelain
Collection
Ceramics Collection
