Figure
ca. 1753-1755 (made)
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Figure, in soft-paste porcelain painted in enamels and slightly gilded, of a bare-legged boy with flowers and seated on a vintager's basket full of flowers, representing Spring; he wears a pink coat and breeches, with yellow bows on the shoulders and flowers at the knees, and holds bunches of flowers in his hands; on a rococo scrolled base.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilded |
| Brief description | Figure, in soft-paste porcelain painted in enamels and slightly gilded, of a bare-legged boy holding flowers and seated on a vintager's basket full of flowers, representing Sprint, made by Vauxhall porcelain factory, London, ca. 1753-55 |
| Physical description | Figure, in soft-paste porcelain painted in enamels and slightly gilded, of a bare-legged boy with flowers and seated on a vintager's basket full of flowers, representing Spring; he wears a pink coat and breeches, with yellow bows on the shoulders and flowers at the knees, and holds bunches of flowers in his hands; on a rococo scrolled base. |
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| Credit line | Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber |
| Object history | Purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Samuels, Norwich, for £1 1 shilling in November 1869 Copied from a Meissen figure modelled ca. 1750. Acquired as Chelsea porcelain. Subsequently attributed to Longton Hall. |
| Production | Previously attributed to Longton Hall |
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| Bibliographic reference | For this model see Simon Spero, 'Vauxhall porcelain: A Tentative Chronology', English Ceramic Circle Transactions, vol. 18, part 2 (2003), fig. 56, where described as 'possibly Vauxhall ca. 1755' |
| Other number | Sch. I 439 - Schreiber number |
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| Accession number | 414:189-1885 |
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| Record created | January 14, 2009 |
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