Group
ca. 1760-65 (made), ca. 1758 (modelled)
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Figure group of children playing at dressing the bride, of hard-paste porcelain. Nude child with a cloak seated on a rococo chair and holding a mirror; behind her a girl standing on a stool places a wreath of flowers on her head. A boy dressed as a gallant stands nearby. Rococo, flowered base. Painted with enamel colours and gilt, the costumes sea-green, yellow, white with coloured oriental flowers and puce glazed with blue; the boy wearing a waistcoat in puce lozenge diapering.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Hard-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilt |
| Brief description | Figure group of children playing at dressing the bride, hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilt, modelled about 1758, perhaps by J. J. Kändler, made by Meissen porcelain factory, Germany, ca. 1760-65 |
| Physical description | Figure group of children playing at dressing the bride, of hard-paste porcelain. Nude child with a cloak seated on a rococo chair and holding a mirror; behind her a girl standing on a stool places a wreath of flowers on her head. A boy dressed as a gallant stands nearby. Rococo, flowered base. Painted with enamel colours and gilt, the costumes sea-green, yellow, white with coloured oriental flowers and puce glazed with blue; the boy wearing a waistcoat in puce lozenge diapering. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Crossed swords (Factory mark in underglaze blue, under open base) |
| Credit line | Bequeathed by Miss Florence Augusta Beare in memory of Arthur Doveton Clarke |
| Object history | Modelled about 1758, perhaps by J. J. Kändler, after an engraving 'Jeu d'enfants' by B. Lépicié (1698-1755) after Charles Coypel (1694-1752). A photograph of the engraving is in the Departmental files; for an oil version of the composition, see Ricketts, H. Objects of Vertu, London: Barrie & Jenkins, 1971, p. 29. |
| Production | Attribution from the manuscript catalogue dates from about 1970 and was compiled by William Hutton of the Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Berling, K. Meissner Porzellan und seine Geschichte Leipzig, 1900, p. 197 |
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| Accession number | C.984-1919 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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