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Columbine

Figure
ca. 1755 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Figure, in soft-paste porcelain painted in enamels, of Columbine wearing a parti-coloured bodice, flowered skirt, and yellow hat, dancing beside a tree stump on a round base with applied flowers and foliage.

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleColumbine (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamels
Brief description
Figure, of soft-paste porcelain painted in enamels, of Columbine dancing beside a tree stump on a round base, Bow Porcelain Factory, London, ca. 1755
Physical description
Figure, in soft-paste porcelain painted in enamels, of Columbine wearing a parti-coloured bodice, flowered skirt, and yellow hat, dancing beside a tree stump on a round base with applied flowers and foliage.
Dimensions
  • Height: 16.2cm
Credit line
Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Object history
One of a pair with 414:198/A-1885 (Sch. I 48A)
The pair was purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber at a sale at Sotheby's for £10 5 shillings in April 1875.
Acquired as Chelsea porcelain.
Copied with alterations to the right arm from a Meissen figure modelled ca. 1735 by Kändler.
Subjects depicted
Literary referenceCommedia dell'arte
Bibliographic reference
Bradshaw, Peter. Bow Porcelain Figures, circa 1748-1774. 1992, col. pl. VII and B4
Other number
Sch. I 48A - Schreiber number
Collection
Accession number
414:198/A-1885

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Record createdDecember 8, 2008
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