Minerva
Figure
ca. 1760 (made)
ca. 1760 (made)
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Figure of Minerva, in soft-paste porcelain painted in enamels, standing with her left hand resting on a shield with the Gorgon's head on a four-footed rococo scrolled base with applied flowers, and at her feet is an owl, and she wears a plumed helmet, a cuirass with gilt scales over a blue robe, and a yellow cloak with crimson flowered lining thrown loosely around her.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Minerva (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Soft-paste porcelain painted in enamels |
| Brief description | Figure of Minerva, in soft-paste porcelain painted in enamels, standing with her left hand resting on a shield with the Gorgon's head on a four-footed rococo scrolled base, made by Bow Porcelain Factory, London, ca. 1760. |
| Physical description | Figure of Minerva, in soft-paste porcelain painted in enamels, standing with her left hand resting on a shield with the Gorgon's head on a four-footed rococo scrolled base with applied flowers, and at her feet is an owl, and she wears a plumed helmet, a cuirass with gilt scales over a blue robe, and a yellow cloak with crimson flowered lining thrown loosely around her. |
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| Credit line | Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber |
| Object history | Purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Raphael, Madrid, for £5 in March 1872 For another similar version of this model, see 414:7-1885 |
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| Bibliographic reference | Bradshaw, Peter. Bow Porcelain Figures, circa 1748-1774. 1992, fig. 85 |
| Other number | Sch. I 55 - Schreiber number |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 414:7-1885 |
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| Record created | December 8, 2008 |
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