Figure
ca. 1770 (made)
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Figure, in hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilded, of a girl with a vase of flowers; she is naked except for a wreath of flowers on the head and loose purple drapery at the waist; she sits on a rock resting on a high base with symmetrical rococo scrollwork, picked out in gold and green, and applied flowers; with her right hand she supports a vase with a flowering plant in it
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Hard-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilded |
| Brief description | Figure, in hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilded, of a girl with a vase of flowers, made by Plymouth Porcelain Factory, Plymouth, ca. 1770 |
| Physical description | Figure, in hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilded, of a girl with a vase of flowers; she is naked except for a wreath of flowers on the head and loose purple drapery at the waist; she sits on a rock resting on a high base with symmetrical rococo scrollwork, picked out in gold and green, and applied flowers; with her right hand she supports a vase with a flowering plant in it |
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| Credit line | Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber |
| Object history | One of a pair with 414:690-1885 (Sch. I 700) Lady Charlotte Schreiber purchased the pair from Mr Triscott, Plymouth, for £6 6 shillings in October 1867 |
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| Other number | Sch. I 700A - Schreiber number |
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| Accession number | 414:690/A-1885 |
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| Record created | February 4, 2009 |
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