Smell
Figure
ca. 1745 (made), 1745 (modelled)
ca. 1745 (made), 1745 (modelled)
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Figure of ‘Smell’, from a series of the Five Senses, of hard-paste porcelain. A woman with classical drapery standing by a high square plinth holding an incense burner. She holds a posy of flowers to her nose; at her feet a hunting dog sniffs the ground. Square, flowered base. Ormolu mount, probably contemporary French. Pianted with enamel colours and gilt: white undergarment with an over-drapery of puce with coloured Indian flowers lined in turquoise.
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Title | Smell (generic title) |
Materials and techniques | Hard-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilt |
Brief description | Figure of 'Smell', from a series of the Five Senses, hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilt, modelled by J. F. Eberlein (and probably J. J. Kändler), 1745, made by Meissen porcelain factory, Germany, ca. 1745 |
Physical description | Figure of ‘Smell’, from a series of the Five Senses, of hard-paste porcelain. A woman with classical drapery standing by a high square plinth holding an incense burner. She holds a posy of flowers to her nose; at her feet a hunting dog sniffs the ground. Square, flowered base. Ormolu mount, probably contemporary French. Pianted with enamel colours and gilt: white undergarment with an over-drapery of puce with coloured Indian flowers lined in turquoise. |
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Credit line | Bequeathed by Miss Florence Augusta Beare in memory of Arthur Doveton Clarke |
Production | Attribution from the manuscript catalogue dates from about 1970 and was compiled by William Hutton of the Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio. |
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Accession number | C.970-1919 |
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Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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