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Figure

ca. 1770 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

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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Object type
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
Dimensions
  • Height: 18.4cm
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
Subjects depicted
Other number
Sch. I 700A - Schreiber number
Collection
Accession number
414:690/A-1885

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Record createdFebruary 4, 2009
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