Andromache weeping over the ashes of Hector
Figure
ca. 1790-1810 (made)
ca. 1790-1810 (made)
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Cream-coloured earthenware figure with a lead glaze of Andromache weeping over the ashes of Hector, painted with enamels and gilded. She wears a long yellow gown and green hooded cloak, and she leans with her right elbow on an urn. She holds a garland of flowers and leaves. The urn has a gilt lion mask handles and a relief frieze of husk pattern in green round the middle and mounted on a square pedestal standing on a lion's paw feet.
Object details
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| Title | Andromache weeping over the ashes of Hector (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Lead-glazed earthenware painted with enamels, gilded and moulded |
| Brief description | Figure of Andromache weeping over the ashes of Hector, cream coloured lead-glazed earthenware painted with enamels and gilded, Leeds Pottery, Leeds, ca. 1790-1810. |
| Physical description | Cream-coloured earthenware figure with a lead glaze of Andromache weeping over the ashes of Hector, painted with enamels and gilded. She wears a long yellow gown and green hooded cloak, and she leans with her right elbow on an urn. She holds a garland of flowers and leaves. The urn has a gilt lion mask handles and a relief frieze of husk pattern in green round the middle and mounted on a square pedestal standing on a lion's paw feet. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'LEEDS POTTERY' (impressed) |
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| Credit line | Given by Miss M. L. Bowdler |
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| Accession number | C.29-1955 |
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| Record created | March 31, 2008 |
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