Cupid as a bewigged lawyer
Figure
ca. 1775 (made)
ca. 1775 (made)
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| Place of origin |
Figure in soft-paste porcelain, painted with enamels and gilded, of Cupid in a large wig, standing and playing on a pipe, and wearing only a white frill on the wrists and a cloth round the waist, and he is supported by a green stump on a gilt scrolled base.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Cupid as a bewigged lawyer (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded |
| Brief description | Figure of Cupid, in soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, as a bewigged lawyer and playing on a pipe, and one of a set of seventeen Cupids in disguise, made by William Duesbury & Co., Derby, ca. 1775. |
| Physical description | Figure in soft-paste porcelain, painted with enamels and gilded, of Cupid in a large wig, standing and playing on a pipe, and wearing only a white frill on the wrists and a cloth round the waist, and he is supported by a green stump on a gilt scrolled base. |
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| Credit line | Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber |
| Object history | Purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Volant, Brussels, for 15 shillings in February 1875 |
| Production | Bradshaw - p331. |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Other number | Sch. I 358 - Schreiber number |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 414:426-1885 |
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| Record created | August 14, 2008 |
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