Figure Group
ca. 1760 (made)
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Figure group, in soft-paste porcelain painted in enamels and slightly gilded, of a young man and woman standing by a tree stump on a four-footed rococo scrolled base with applied flowers and foliage, and the man is dressed in a yellow cocked hat, pink jacket, blue sash and striped breeches, and holds a bunch of flowers in his left hand, and the girl wears a pink hat, yellow dress, grey blue apron, and striped crimson skirt, and she supports a basket of flowers with her right hand and has a nosegay in her hand.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Soft-paste porcelain painted in enamels and slightly gilded |
| Brief description | Figure group, in soft-paste porcelain painted in enamels and slightly gilded, of a young man and woman standing by a tree stump on a four-footed rococo scrolled base, made by Bow Porcelain Factory, London, ca. 1760. |
| Physical description | Figure group, in soft-paste porcelain painted in enamels and slightly gilded, of a young man and woman standing by a tree stump on a four-footed rococo scrolled base with applied flowers and foliage, and the man is dressed in a yellow cocked hat, pink jacket, blue sash and striped breeches, and holds a bunch of flowers in his left hand, and the girl wears a pink hat, yellow dress, grey blue apron, and striped crimson skirt, and she supports a basket of flowers with her right hand and has a nosegay in her hand. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'TO' [impressed] (The mark of the 'repairer', traditionally identified as 'Tebo' but possibly John Toulouse or another) |
| Credit line | Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber |
| Object history | Purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Mrs Haliburton, Richmond, for £2 in July 1868 |
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| Bibliographic reference | Bradshaw, Peter. Bow Porcelain Figures, circa 1748-1774. 1992, fig. 219 |
| Other number | Sch. I 57 - Schreiber number |
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| Accession number | 414:11-1885 |
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| Record created | December 8, 2008 |
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