Venus
Figure
ca. 1765 (made)
ca. 1765 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Figure, in soft-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilded, of Venus standing and leaning against the stump of a flowering tree with two doves at her feet on a rococo scrolled base, and she is clad in flowered and gilt drapery clasped by a girdle and with a pink veil hanging from her right shoulder.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Venus (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Soft-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilded |
| Brief description | Figure, in soft-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilded, of Venus standing and leaning against the stump of a flowering tree with two doves at her feet, made by Bow Porcelain Factory, London, ca. 1765. |
| Physical description | Figure, in soft-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilded, of Venus standing and leaning against the stump of a flowering tree with two doves at her feet on a rococo scrolled base, and she is clad in flowered and gilt drapery clasped by a girdle and with a pink veil hanging from her right shoulder. |
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| Credit line | Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber |
| Object history | Purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber at a sale at Christie's for £17 15 shillings in March 1873 |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Bibliographic reference | Bradshaw, Peter. Bow Porcelain Figures, circa 1748-1774. 1992, fig. 87 |
| Other number | Sch. I 88 - Schreiber number |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 414:9-1885 |
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| Record created | December 11, 2008 |
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