Minuet dancer
Figure
1760-1765 (made)
1760-1765 (made)
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| Place of origin |
Figure, in soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, of a man dancing a minuet, and he wears a plumed purple cap, a crimson-lined turquoise-blue sleeved robe, flowered and gilt waistcoat, breeches decorated with coloured discs, and red shoes, and he is supported by a tree stump on a rococo scrolled gilt base.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Minuet dancer (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded |
| Brief description | Figure, in soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, of a man dancing a minuet, made by William Duesbury & Co., Derby, 1760-1765. |
| Physical description | Figure, in soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, of a man dancing a minuet, and he wears a plumed purple cap, a crimson-lined turquoise-blue sleeved robe, flowered and gilt waistcoat, breeches decorated with coloured discs, and red shoes, and he is supported by a tree stump on a rococo scrolled gilt base. |
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| Credit line | Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber |
| Object history | One of a pair of figures with woman 414:177/A-1885 (Sch. I 297A) The pair was purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Mrs Haliburton, Richmond, for £15 in March 1871 The figures are copied from a painting by Antoine Watteau in the National Gallery of Scotland. Acquired as Chelsea porcelain. |
| Production | Label - after Antoine Watteau. |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Other number | Sch. I 297 - Schreiber number |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 414:177-1885 |
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| Record created | August 14, 2008 |
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