Flora and Cupid
Figure Group
ca. 1750-1755 (made), 1750-1755 (modelled)
ca. 1750-1755 (made), 1750-1755 (modelled)
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Figure group of Flora and Cupid, of hard-paste porcelain. Flora wearing a crown and seated on a rack, holding a cornucopia; to her right Cupid flying and holding a posy of flowers; to her left a putto sitting on the flowered rococo-scrolled base. Painted with enamel colours and gilt, Flora's drapery white with purple and green Indian flowers, yellow-lined; Cupid's sea-green; the putto's deep purple.
Object details
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| Title | Flora and Cupid (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Hard-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilt |
| Brief description | Figure group of 'Flora and Cupid', hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilt, probably modelled by J. J. Kändler, 1750-55, made by Meissen porcelain factory, Germany, about 1750-55 |
| Physical description | Figure group of Flora and Cupid, of hard-paste porcelain. Flora wearing a crown and seated on a rack, holding a cornucopia; to her right Cupid flying and holding a posy of flowers; to her left a putto sitting on the flowered rococo-scrolled base. Painted with enamel colours and gilt, Flora's drapery white with purple and green Indian flowers, yellow-lined; Cupid's sea-green; the putto's deep purple. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Crossed swords (Factory mark in underglaze blue, back of base) |
| Credit line | Bequeathed by Miss Florence Augusta Beare in memory of Arthur Doveton Clarke |
| 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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| Accession number | C.935-1919 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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