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Figure
- Place of origin:
Meissen (made)
- Date:
mid 18th century (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Meissen porcelain factory (manufacturer)
- Materials and Techniques:
Hard-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilt, with ormolu mount
- Credit Line:
Bequeathed by Miss Florence Augusta Beare in memory of Arthur Doveton Clarke
- Museum number:
C.959:1, 2-1919
- Gallery location:
Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery, case 23, shelf 4 []
Physical description
Miniature figure of a woman in winter costume with a muff, of hard-paste porcelain. Mounted as a taperstick with neo-classical ormolu mounts, including a ring handle. The figure within a metal trellis painted green surrounded by ormolu branches with six soft-paste porcelain flowers. Painted in enamel colours and gilt, the costume black, puce and pale yellow with coloured Indian flowers.
Place of Origin
Meissen (made)
Date
mid 18th century (made)
Artist/maker
Meissen porcelain factory (manufacturer)
Materials and Techniques
Hard-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilt, with ormolu mount
Dimensions
Height: 6.3 cm figure, Height: 16.5 cm overall
Descriptive line
Ormolu taperstick with miniature figure of a woman, hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilt, made by Meissen porcelain factory, Germany, mid 18th century
Production Note
Attribution from the manuscript catalogue dates from about 1970 and was compiled by William Hutton of the Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio.
Materials
Hard paste porcelain; Ormolu
Techniques
Painted; Gilt; Mounted
Subjects depicted
Women; Flowers
Categories
Ceramics; Porcelain; Figures & Decorative ceramics
Collection
Ceramics Collection
