Figure
ca. 1756-1760 (made)
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Figure in porcelain, painted with enamels and slightly gilded, of a market-woman selling butter, and she is seated with her legs crossed on a rock with rococo scrollwork and applied flowers on the front, and she wears a yellow hood, pink cape over a red bodice, and a white skirt with a pattern of stars, and a basket containing pats of butter is suspended from the rock, whilst she holds a small dish of butter in her right hand, and flowers are on her lap.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Porcelain painted with enamels and gilded |
| Brief description | Figure, in soft-paste porcelain painted in enamels and slightly gilded, of a market-woman selling butter, made by Vauxhall porcelain factory, London, ca. 1756-60 |
| Physical description | Figure in porcelain, painted with enamels and slightly gilded, of a market-woman selling butter, and she is seated with her legs crossed on a rock with rococo scrollwork and applied flowers on the front, and she wears a yellow hood, pink cape over a red bodice, and a white skirt with a pattern of stars, and a basket containing pats of butter is suspended from the rock, whilst she holds a small dish of butter in her right hand, and flowers are on her lap. |
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| Credit line | Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber |
| Object history | Acquired as Longton Hall Purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Emerson Norman, Norwich, for £1 10 shillings in July 1869 |
| Production | Previously attributed to Longton Hall |
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| Other number | Sch. I 432 - Schreiber number |
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| Accession number | 414:678-1885 |
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| Record created | January 14, 2009 |
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