Bust
ca. 1747-1749 (made)
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Bust of a baby boy in soft-paste porcelain and mounted on a modern wooden stand.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Soft-paste porcelain and mounted on a wooden stand |
| Brief description | Bust of a baby boy in soft-paste porcelain and mounted on a modern wooden stand, Chelsea porcelain factory, Chelsea, ca. 1747-1749. |
| Physical description | Bust of a baby boy in soft-paste porcelain and mounted on a modern wooden stand. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Raised anchor |
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| Bibliographic reference | Mallet, J.V.G.. Some Baroque sources of English ornamental porcelains A paper read at the weekend seminar Fire and Form – The Baroque and its influence on English Ceramics, c. 1660-1760, 26th-27th March 2011, published English Ceramics Circle, 2013, pp123-146. Illustrated fig. 6, 127p. The source is given as François Duquesnoy (Il Fiammingo), 1597-1643, probably via Roman plaster casts available in 18th century London. |
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| Accession number | C.34-1975 |
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| Record created | March 16, 1999 |
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