Two Bacchantes adorning Pan
Figure Group
ca. 1770-1790 (made)
ca. 1770-1790 (made)
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Figure group of 'Two Bacchantes adorning Pan', of soft-paste porcelain. One of the Bacchantes on the left, stands in a graceful attitude with her right arm raised above her head and holding one end of a chain of flowers, and her right leg stretched behind her; she is clad in draperies purple and of white painted with flowers. The other on the right, is kneeling on her left knee with her left arm raised; she is clad like the other. They are binding with chains of flowers a terminal figure of Pan standing on a pedestal with a tree behind it. The whole is set on a thick irregular base strewn with leaves and flowers and also a jug, a tambourine and a thyrsus.
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Title | Two Bacchantes adorning Pan (generic title) |
Materials and techniques | Soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilt |
Brief description | Figure group, Two Bacchantes adorning Pan, enamelled and gilt soft-paste porcelain, William Duesbury & Co., Derby, ca. 1770-1790 |
Physical description | Figure group of 'Two Bacchantes adorning Pan', of soft-paste porcelain. One of the Bacchantes on the left, stands in a graceful attitude with her right arm raised above her head and holding one end of a chain of flowers, and her right leg stretched behind her; she is clad in draperies purple and of white painted with flowers. The other on the right, is kneeling on her left knee with her left arm raised; she is clad like the other. They are binding with chains of flowers a terminal figure of Pan standing on a pedestal with a tree behind it. The whole is set on a thick irregular base strewn with leaves and flowers and also a jug, a tambourine and a thyrsus. |
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Credit line | Given by Miss R. Heriot in memory of Mr and Mrs Robert Heriot |
Object history | Modelled by J.J. Spengler from an engraving (Olim truncus eram Ficulus inutile Lignum) by William Wynne Ryland, after a painting by Angelica Kauffmann. |
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Bibliographic reference | Honey, W. B., Old English Porcelain: a handbook for collectors. London: Faber & Faber, 1948.
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Accession number | C.193-1926 |
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Record created | August 14, 2008 |
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