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Minerva crowning Constancy and Hercules killing the Hydra

Figure Group
ca. 1775 (made)
Artist/Maker
William Duesbury & Co. (manufacturer)
Gauron, Nicholas (modeller)
Place of origin
Derby (made)

Figure group, in biscuit porcelain, of Minerva crowning Constancy and Hercules killing the Hydra, and represented by three children grouped around a tree on the top of a rocky mound covered with flowering plants, and beside the figure of Constancy is a broken column.


Object details

Categories
Ceramics
Porcelain
Object type
Figure group
TitleMinerva crowning Constancy and Hercules killing the Hydra (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Biscuit porcelain
Biscuit
Brief description
Figure group, in biscuit porcelain, of Minerva crowning Constancy and Hercules killing the Hydra, and represented by three children, after a model by Nicholas Gauron, made by William Duesbury & Co., Derby, 1775.
Physical description
Figure group, in biscuit porcelain, of Minerva crowning Constancy and Hercules killing the Hydra, and represented by three children grouped around a tree on the top of a rocky mound covered with flowering plants, and beside the figure of Constancy is a broken column.
Dimensions
  • Height: 32.1cm
Credit line
Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Object history
Similar in composition to 414:412-1885 (Sch. I 346)
The pair was purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Cavalle or Cavallo, London, for £8 in August 1868
Subjects depicted
Children (People by Age Group)
Shield
Helmets
Minerva
Hercules
Bibliographic references
  • Clifford, Timothy. Nicolas Gauron - a virtuoso modeller at Tournai and Chelsea. In: Charles Hind, ed. The Rococo in England: A Symposium. London : Victoria and Albert Museum, 1986. pp.161-174.
  • For a similar model attributed to Tounai (where Gauron had previously worked) see Christophe Perlès, Céramics Anciennes, catalogue no. 1 (n.d.), no 50 (photocopy in Object Information File in Ceramics and Glass Section)
Other number
Sch. I 422 - Schreiber number
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
414:413-1885

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Record createdAugust 14, 2008
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