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  • Place of origin:

    Chelsea, England (made)

  • Date:

    ca. 1760-1769 (made)

  • Artist/Maker:

    Willems, Joseph, born 1710 - died 1766 (modeller)
    Chelsea Porcelain factory (makers)

  • Materials and Techniques:

    Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded

  • Museum number:

    C.32-1973

  • Gallery location:

    Ceramics Study Galleries, Britain & Europe, room 139, case C, shelf 3

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Unlike many Continental factories, the Chelsea porcelain factory was not backed by aristocratic patronage. Nevertheless, it had great ambitions. It used a rich glassy soft-paste body to make copies of contemporary Meissen figures. The Flemish modeller Joseph Willems produced a successful range of original models. They included these 'masqueraders', who are based on the masked revellers to be seen at the London pleasure gardens of Vauxhall and Ranelagh.

Physical description

Figure of a masquerader playing an oboe in soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. He is dancing with his right leg raised while playing the oboe. Gilt scroll-edged mound base applied with flowers and leaves.

Place of Origin

Chelsea, England (made)

Date

ca. 1760-1769 (made)

Artist/maker

Willems, Joseph, born 1710 - died 1766 (modeller)
Chelsea Porcelain factory (makers)

Materials and Techniques

Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded

Dimensions

Height: 19.9 cm

Descriptive line

Figure of a masquerader playing an oboe in soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, modelled by J. Willems, Chelsea Porcelain factory, Chelsea, ca. 1760-1769.

Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)

Hildyard, Robin. European Ceramics. London : V&A Publications, 1999. 144 p., ill. ISBN 185177260X

Materials

Soft-paste porcelain

Techniques

Painted; Gilded

Subjects depicted

Flowers; Man; Leaves; Scroll; Wreath; Berries; Lantern; Oboe

Categories

Porcelain; Ceramics; Figures & Decorative ceramics

Collection code

CER

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