Figure
ca. 1740-1744 (modelled), ca. 1745-50 (made)
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The animal figures made of Meissen porcelain were faithfully copied from engravings and naturalistically painted. They were much in demand in France before the founding of the Sèvres factory there. Already expensive luxuries, they were further embellished in Paris. Elaborate swirling mounts made of fire-gilt ormolu were added to them there.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Hard-paste porcelain, painted in enamel colours, with ormolu mount |
| Brief description | Porcelain figure of a lioness painted in colours on ormolu mount, Meissen porcelain factory, Germany, about 1745-50 |
| Physical description | Figure of a lioness, of hard-paste porcelain. Seated, her head turned left, right paw raised. Contemporary French ormolu mount in rococo style. Painted naturalistically with enamel colours. |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by John Jones |
| Production | Ormolu mount, French mid-18th century. 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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| Summary | The animal figures made of Meissen porcelain were faithfully copied from engravings and naturalistically painted. They were much in demand in France before the founding of the Sèvres factory there. Already expensive luxuries, they were further embellished in Paris. Elaborate swirling mounts made of fire-gilt ormolu were added to them there. |
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| Other number | 180A - catalogue number |
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| Accession number | 836-1882 |
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| Record created | November 28, 2002 |
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