La Nourrice
Figure
ca. 1749-1752 (made)
ca. 1749-1752 (made)
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Figure, in white soft-paste porcelain, of a wet nurse with a child, and she is dressed in a 16th century costume and, seated on a low pedestal, with the child wrapped in swaddling clothes on her lap.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | La Nourrice (popular title) |
| Materials and techniques | Soft-paste porcelain |
| Brief description | Figure, in white soft-paste porcelain, of a wet nurse with a child on her lap, made by Chelsea Porcelain factory, London, ca. 1749-1752 |
| Physical description | Figure, in white soft-paste porcelain, of a wet nurse with a child, and she is dressed in a 16th century costume and, seated on a low pedestal, with the child wrapped in swaddling clothes on her lap. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | An anchor in relief on an applied oval medallion |
| Credit line | Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber |
| Object history | Copied from one of the statuettes made at Avon, near Fontainebleau, late in the 16th century, from a model attributed to Bertélémy de Blénod. Given to Lady Charlotte Schreiber by Lord Fortescue in November 1868 |
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| Other number | Sch. I 122 - Schreiber number |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 414:138-1885 |
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| Record created | December 12, 2008 |
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