Water
Figure
1772-1775 (modelled)
1772-1775 (modelled)
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| Place of origin |
Figure, in hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilded, of Water represented by a woman with a wreath of rushes and a flowered mantle wrapped around her; she stands on a shell-shaped base and holds up a net full of fish in her right hand whilst her left rests on the rim of an overturned urn from which water is flowing; three fish lie on the base at her feet
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Water (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Hard-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilded |
| Brief description | Figure, in hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilded, of Water represented by a woman with a wreath of rushes and her left hand rests on the rim of an overturned urn from which water is flowing, made by Bristol porcelain factory, Bristol, modelled 1772-1775 |
| Physical description | Figure, in hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilded, of Water represented by a woman with a wreath of rushes and a flowered mantle wrapped around her; she stands on a shell-shaped base and holds up a net full of fish in her right hand whilst her left rests on the rim of an overturned urn from which water is flowing; three fish lie on the base at her feet |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'T°' [Impressed] (The mark of the 'repairer', traditionally identified as 'Tebo' but possibly John Toulouse or another) |
| Credit line | Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber |
| Object history | One of four figures, emblematic of the Elements, with 414:731/ to C-1885 (Sch. I 743 to C) Lady Charlotte Schreiber purchased three of these figures from Heigham or Higham, London, for £24 in July 1868 and the fourth from Wareham, London, for £10 10 shillings in July 1871 |
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| Other number | Sch. I 743C - Schreiber number |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 414:731/C-1885 |
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| Record created | February 19, 2009 |
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