Water
Figure
1761-1763 (made)
1761-1763 (made)
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Figure of a girl barefoot, representing Water, in hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels. She is on a rocaille base, supported against a tree stump. She is about to move forward and turns her head to look back over her right shoulder, gesturing with her arm as though inviting someone to follow her. She holds a tankard from which water is spilling over. She wears a pale yellow sleeveless bodice edged and laced in dark purple over a white blouse, a pale orange skirt and pink petticoat both kilted up round her hips with a yellow sash and hemmed in purple. Her hair is caught up in a knot on her head, and tied with a yellow ribbon, and partly covered with a large scarf with a purple hem. Three-sided rocaille base is moulded with scrolls, acanthus leaves and water, and is picked out in beige and pale green.
Object details
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Object type | |
Title | Water |
Materials and techniques | Hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and moulded |
Brief description | Figure of a girl, representing Water, in hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels, modelled by F.E. Meyer, Gotzkowsky's porcelain factory, Berlin, 1761-1763. |
Physical description | Figure of a girl barefoot, representing Water, in hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels. She is on a rocaille base, supported against a tree stump. She is about to move forward and turns her head to look back over her right shoulder, gesturing with her arm as though inviting someone to follow her. She holds a tankard from which water is spilling over. She wears a pale yellow sleeveless bodice edged and laced in dark purple over a white blouse, a pale orange skirt and pink petticoat both kilted up round her hips with a yellow sash and hemmed in purple. Her hair is caught up in a knot on her head, and tied with a yellow ribbon, and partly covered with a large scarf with a purple hem. Three-sided rocaille base is moulded with scrolls, acanthus leaves and water, and is picked out in beige and pale green. |
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Marks and inscriptions | A stroke (Incised on the base) |
Credit line | Gift of Mrs Nancy Valpy |
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Accession number | C.252-1976 |
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Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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