Figure Group
ca. 1775 (made)
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Figure group in biscuit porcelain of two virgins awaking Cupid. Cupid lies asleep on a heap of rocks with his head resting on his quiver and his bow is by his side. The two virgins stand looking at him, one holding out her right hand as if to tickle his ear with a straw. Behind them is a tree.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Biscuit porcelain |
| Brief description | Figure group in biscuit porcelain of two virgins awaking Cupid, made by Duesbury & Kean, Derby, ca. 1775. |
| Physical description | Figure group in biscuit porcelain of two virgins awaking Cupid. Cupid lies asleep on a heap of rocks with his head resting on his quiver and his bow is by his side. The two virgins stand looking at him, one holding out her right hand as if to tickle his ear with a straw. Behind them is a tree. |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by Herbert Allen |
| Object history | Modelling previously attributed to Jean-Jacques Spengler. Modelled after a painting by Angelica Kauffmann, of which an engraving by W. Wynne Ryland was published in 1776. Print in the British Museum P&D ref: 1860,1110.25. |
| Production | Label - said to have been modelled by J J Spengler. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Twitchett, John. Derby Porcelain. London : Barrie & Jenkins, 1980. 133 p.
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| Accession number | C.274-1935 |
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| Record created | August 14, 2008 |
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