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Figure

Figure

  • Place of origin:

    Longton (made)

  • Date:

    ca. 1753 (made)

  • Artist/Maker:

    Longton Hall porcelain factory (maker)

  • Materials and Techniques:

    Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels

  • Credit Line:

    Given by Mr A.L.B. Ashton, Esq.

  • Museum number:

    C.178-1933

  • Gallery location:

    Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery, case 6, shelf 7

Physical description

Figure of a gardener in soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels. He stands beside a tree stump and holds a bunch of grapes in his right hand and another bunch on a rod over his left shoulder. Irregular four-sided base, recessed below, with vine-leaves, stems and grapes in relief.

Place of Origin

Longton (made)

Date

ca. 1753 (made)

Artist/maker

Longton Hall porcelain factory (maker)

Materials and Techniques

Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels

Dimensions

Height: 14.6 cm

Descriptive line

Figure of a gardener in soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels, Longton Hall porcelain factory, Longton, ca. 1753

Materials

Soft paste porcelain

Techniques

Painted

Subjects depicted

Gardener; Vine; Grapes

Categories

Ceramics; Porcelain

Collection

Ceramics Collection

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