Minerva crowning Constancy and Hercules killing the Hydra
Figure Group
1770-1771 (made)
1770-1771 (made)
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Group in soft-paste porcelain, painted with enamels and gilded, of three children representing Minerva crowning Constancy and Hercules killing the Hydra, and they are grouped round an obelisk which is surmounted by a gilt ball and overgrown with ivy, and it rests on the top of a rocky mound covered with flowering plants, and beside the figure of Constancy are a broken column and a burning brazier.
Object details
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| Title | Minerva crowning Constancy and Hercules killing the Hydra (generic title) |
| 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 three children representing Minerva crowning Constancy and Hercules killing the Hydra, modelled by Nicholas Gauron, made by William Duesbury & Co., Derby, 1770-1771. |
| Physical description | Group in soft-paste porcelain, painted with enamels and gilded, of three children representing Minerva crowning Constancy and Hercules killing the Hydra, and they are grouped round an obelisk which is surmounted by a gilt ball and overgrown with ivy, and it rests on the top of a rocky mound covered with flowering plants, and beside the figure of Constancy are a broken column and a burning brazier. |
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| Credit line | Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber |
| Object history | Similar in composition to 414:413-1885 (Sch. I 422) Purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber at a sale at Sotheby's, for £7 in April 1875 |
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| Bibliographic reference | 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. |
| Other number | Sch. I 346 - Schreiber number |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 414:412-1885 |
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| Record created | August 14, 2008 |
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