Arithmetic
Figure Group
ca. 1773 (made)
ca. 1773 (made)
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Group in soft-paste porcelain, painted with enamels and gilded, of two cupids symbolising Arithmetic, and they are draped with scarves, and one of them is writing in a ledger, which is supported by the other who kneels on a pile of books and holds an ink pot in his left hand, and they are supported on an oblong pedestal with incurved sides and decorated with scrolled masks and gilt wreaths.
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| Materials and techniques | Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded |
| Brief description | Figure group in soft-paste porcelain, painted with enamels and gilded, of two cupids symbolising Arithmetic from The Seven Sciences, made by William Duesbury & Co., Derby, ca. 1773. |
| Physical description | Group in soft-paste porcelain, painted with enamels and gilded, of two cupids symbolising Arithmetic, and they are draped with scarves, and one of them is writing in a ledger, which is supported by the other who kneels on a pile of books and holds an ink pot in his left hand, and they are supported on an oblong pedestal with incurved sides and decorated with scrolled masks and gilt wreaths. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'Apr. 6th, 1773 / Put to That / £ s d / 1 3 0 [1 3 0 is underneath the line, meaning £1 3s 0d]' (Inscribed on one of the books) |
| Credit line | Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber |
| Object history | One of a set with 414:427-1885 and 414:411-1885. The group is copied from a Meissen group and modelled ca. 1770 by Michel Victor Acier. The pair was purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Welch, London, for £7 in August [no year given] |
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| Bibliographic reference | Bradshaw, Peter. Derby Porcelain Figures 1750-1848. London: Faber & Faber, 1990. 197 p., pl. 151.
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| Other number | Sch. I 345 - Schreiber number |
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| Accession number | 414:427/A-1885 |
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| Record created | August 14, 2008 |
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