Group

1827-1830 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Figure group in soft-paste porcelain of a female seated on a crouching horse, probably emblematical of Spain. She wears a mural crown and robes, and holds a broken sceptre in one hand, and a crown and a book in the other. On the ground about her feet are a cannon and four shot, a painter's palette, a paddle and other emblems. The whole is on an eight-sided pedestal.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain
Brief description
Figure group in soft-paste porcelain of a female seated on a crouching horse, Moncloa porcelain factory, Madrid, 1827-1830
Physical description
Figure group in soft-paste porcelain of a female seated on a crouching horse, probably emblematical of Spain. She wears a mural crown and robes, and holds a broken sceptre in one hand, and a crown and a book in the other. On the ground about her feet are a cannon and four shot, a painter's palette, a paddle and other emblems. The whole is on an eight-sided pedestal.
Dimensions
  • Height: 24.4cm
  • Length: 21.9cm
Credit line
Given by Señora Riaño
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
344-1876

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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