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Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Field Marshal Sir Henry Seymour Conway

Figure
ca. 1775 (made)
Artist/Maker
Derby Porcelain Factory (manufacturer)
Place of origin
Derby (made)

Figure in soft-paste porcelain, painted with enamels and gilded, of Field Marshal Sir Henry Seymour Conway standing on a gilt rococo scrolled base with a cupid at his feet supporting a shield with the crest of his family; he wears a semi-military costume with a baton in his right hand, and his left hand rests on a cannon, behind which are two pink standards


Object details

Categories
Ceramics
Porcelain
Object type
Figure
TitleField Marshal Sir Henry Seymour Conway (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilded
Soft Paste Porcelain
Painted
Gilded
Brief description
Figure in soft-paste porcelain, painted with enamels and gilded, of Field Marshal Sir Henry Seymour Conway standing on a gilt rococo scrolled base, Derby Porcelain factory, Derby, ca. 1775.
Physical description
Figure in soft-paste porcelain, painted with enamels and gilded, of Field Marshal Sir Henry Seymour Conway standing on a gilt rococo scrolled base with a cupid at his feet supporting a shield with the crest of his family; he wears a semi-military costume with a baton in his right hand, and his left hand rests on a cannon, behind which are two pink standards
Dimensions
  • Height: 31.8cm
Credit line
Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Object history
Companion piece to John Wilkes 414:201-1885 (Sch. I 362A)
Purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Willson, London, for £6 in September 1869.
Acquired as Chelsea porcelain.
Subjects depicted
Man
Military
Shield
Cannons (Artillery)
Cupid
Seymour Conway, Field Marshal Sir Henry
Bibliographic references
  • Bradshaw, Peter. Derby Porcelain Figures 1750-1848. London : Faber & Faber, 1990. 108 p., pl. 91.
  • Clifford, Timothy. Derby Porcelain and the British Monumental Sculpture Tradition 1760-1775. Derby Porcelain International Society. 2004, Journal 5.
  • Barrett, Franklin A. & Arthur L. Thorpe. Derby Porcelain, 1750-1848. London : Faber & Faber, 1971.
Other number
Sch. I 362 - Schreiber number
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
414:200-1885

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Record createdAugust 14, 2008
Record URL
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