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Figure Group

1741-1744 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Figure group of embracing lovers in hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilded. Seated, the woman in loose-fitting clothes, the man in stage 'Spanish' costume. The man with blue jacket and black breeches, the woman in white with an iron-red drapery with gold and black oriental flowers and yellow lining.

Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilded
Brief description
Figure group of lovers, hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilded, modelled by J.J. Kändler, made by Meissen porcelain factory, Germany, 1741-1744.
Physical description
Figure group of embracing lovers in hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilded. Seated, the woman in loose-fitting clothes, the man in stage 'Spanish' costume. The man with blue jacket and black breeches, the woman in white with an iron-red drapery with gold and black oriental flowers and yellow lining.
Dimensions
  • Height: 15.5cm
Credit line
Purchased with the assistance of the Murray Bequest
Object history
Sir Ernest Cassel (Brook House Collection Sale, Puttick & Simpson, 25 May 1932, No. 650)
Production
Attribution from the manuscript catalogue dates from about 1970 and was compiled by William Hutton of the Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.116-1932

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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