Figure
- Place of origin:
Lowestoft, United Kingdom (made)
- Date:
ca. 1765 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Lowestoft porcelain factory (manufacturer)
- Materials and Techniques:
Porcelain painted with enamels
- Credit Line:
Bequeathed by Mr Arthur Hurst
- Museum number:
C.245-1940
- Gallery location:
Ceramics Study Galleries, Britain & Europe, room 139, case 7, shelf 4
Physical description
Figure of a boy musician in porcelain painted with enamels. He stands playing a triangle in his left hand. He wears a flowered white jacket and breeches, pink waistcoat, three-cornered black hat and small turquoise-lined pink cape thrown back. Scrolled mound base picked out in purple and decorated with applied leaves and flowers.
Place of Origin
Lowestoft, United Kingdom (made)
Date
ca. 1765 (made)
Artist/maker
Lowestoft porcelain factory (manufacturer)
Materials and Techniques
Porcelain painted with enamels
Dimensions
Height: 17.1 cm
Descriptive line
Figure of a boy musician in porcelain painted with enamels, Lowestoft porcelain factory, Lowestoft, ca. 1765.
Production Note
Date given by John Howell in 1981
Materials
Porcelain
Techniques
Painted
Subjects depicted
Flowers; Leaves; Scrolls; Musician; Triangle
Categories
Porcelain; Ceramics
Collection code
CER
