Group
ca. 1760 (made)
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Group of hard-paste porcelain. On a high, scrolled rococo base, from folds of which appear a wyvern, a snake and a lion, is seated a female figure, perhaps intended to represent Hope. A mark against her leg suggests that she held a spear in her now damaged right hand.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Hard-paste porcelain, painted in enamels |
| Brief description | Group, hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilt, Fürstenberg Porcelain, Brunswick, Germany, ca. 1760 |
| Physical description | Group of hard-paste porcelain. On a high, scrolled rococo base, from folds of which appear a wyvern, a snake and a lion, is seated a female figure, perhaps intended to represent Hope. A mark against her leg suggests that she held a spear in her now damaged right hand. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | A crossed Z, painted in black |
| Credit line | Given by Mr Alfred Spero |
| Production | Previously attribted to perphas Pfalz-Zweibrücken porcelain factory on the register. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Ducret, Siegfried. Unknown porcelain of the late 18th century. Frankfurt am Main, L. Woeller Verlag, 1956, Plate 3. |
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| Accession number | C.61-1939 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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