Figure
ca. 1780 (made)
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Figure of a woman emblematic of Summer, hard-paste porcelain. The woman stands looking to the right at an ear of corn held up in her right hand; her left-hand supports the corner of her apron, which contains other ears of corn. She wears a powdered wig, dressed high and with side curls, magenta necklace, green fichu, white open-fronted jacket and apron with vermilion sprig pattern; her white petticoat has stripes and magenta sprigs and her shoes are vermilion. Slightly moulded domed base supporting the figure at the back and partly tinted green.
Object details
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Materials and techniques | Hard-paste porcelain, painted in enamels |
Brief description | Figure of a woman emblematic of Summer, hard-paste porcelain, painted in enamels; Germany, Thuringia, Limbach porcelain factory, ca. 1780 |
Physical description | Figure of a woman emblematic of Summer, hard-paste porcelain. The woman stands looking to the right at an ear of corn held up in her right hand; her left-hand supports the corner of her apron, which contains other ears of corn. She wears a powdered wig, dressed high and with side curls, magenta necklace, green fichu, white open-fronted jacket and apron with vermilion sprig pattern; her white petticoat has stripes and magenta sprigs and her shoes are vermilion. Slightly moulded domed base supporting the figure at the back and partly tinted green. |
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Marks and inscriptions | 'LB' in monogram, in pale vermilion |
Credit line | Given by Mr Robert W. E. Cecil |
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Bibliographic reference | Honey, W. B. German porcelain London: Faber and Faber, 1947, Pl. 90A, p. 34. |
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Accession number | C.157-1939 |
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Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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