Two boys gathering flowers

Figure Group
ca. 1765 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Figure group of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels of two boys gathering flowers. One stands beside a tree trunk picking flowers, and the other is kneeling placing flowers in a basket. Base decorated with flowers.

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleTwo boys gathering flowers (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels
Brief description
Figure group of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels of two boys gathering flowers, made at Tournai porcelain factory, Tournai, ca. 1765.
Physical description
Figure group of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels of two boys gathering flowers. One stands beside a tree trunk picking flowers, and the other is kneeling placing flowers in a basket. Base decorated with flowers.
Dimensions
  • Height: 20.9cm
Credit line
Given by E. F. Broderip, Esq.
Production
Acquired as 'Italian (probably Naples)'; reattributed to Tournai ca. 1765 by comparison with examples with similar colouring illustrated in E. J. Soil de Moriamé, Les Porcelaines de Tournay, 1910, and a figure exhibited at the Paris, Musée des Arts Decoratifs loan exhibition of 1929, no. 945.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.1139-1924

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Record createdJune 7, 2004
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