Figure
ca. 1760-1764 (made)
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Figure of a male cook (?), in soft-paste porcelain painted in underglaze blue, enamels and gilded. He is seated on a rock which is covered with applied flowers and leaves. Moulded with slight scrollwork picked out in gold. An oviform jar on his knees. He holds a spoon in his right hand and a knife in his left.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Soft-paste porcelain, slip-cast and with applied work, painted in underglaze blue, enamels, and gilded |
| Brief description | Figure of a male cook (?), in soft-paste porcelain painted in underglaze blue, enamels and gilded, made by Vauxhall porcelain factory, London, ca. 1760-64 |
| Physical description | Figure of a male cook (?), in soft-paste porcelain painted in underglaze blue, enamels and gilded. He is seated on a rock which is covered with applied flowers and leaves. Moulded with slight scrollwork picked out in gold. An oviform jar on his knees. He holds a spoon in his right hand and a knife in his left. |
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| Credit line | Given by E. F. Broderip, Esq. |
| Production | This is from a group of soft-paste porcelain figure models that were subsequently made in hard-paste porcelain at Plymouth, were the male and female cooks C.707, 708-1925 were transformed into figures of musicians. Previously attributed to Longton Hall. |
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| Accession number | C.708-1925 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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