Figure
ca. 1765 (made)
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Figure of a girl, representing Spring, in soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. She stands with a basket of blue flowers over her right hand. She wears a pink jacket trimmed with gold, a flowered skirt raised by her left hand, red shoes and yellow hat with red band. Circular base with applied flowers and leaves on a rococo scrolled and pierced pedestal, picked out in green and gold.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels, pierced and gilded |
| Brief description | Figure of a girl, representing Spring, in soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, Bow Porcelain Factory, Bow, ca. 1765. |
| Physical description | Figure of a girl, representing Spring, in soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. She stands with a basket of blue flowers over her right hand. She wears a pink jacket trimmed with gold, a flowered skirt raised by her left hand, red shoes and yellow hat with red band. Circular base with applied flowers and leaves on a rococo scrolled and pierced pedestal, picked out in green and gold. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | An anchor and dagger (In red) |
| Credit line | Given by E. F. Broderip, Esq. |
| Object history | For an earlier version of this figure, see C.656-1925 |
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| Bibliographic reference | Bradshaw, Peter. Bow Porcelain Figures, circa 1748-1774. 1992, fig. 128 |
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| Accession number | C.657-1925 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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