Figure Group

ca. 1760 (made), 1756-1757 (modelled)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Figure group in hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Lovers with a bird and nest. The woman wears a white bodice with diaper pattern in red, pink skirt lined with yellow, white petticoat and red shoes. She holds a bird's nest on her knee. The man wears a black hat, a brown coat, white waistcoat, black breeches, white stockings and black shoes. He holds a bird in his left hand. He is about to embrace the woman. Scroll base.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded
Brief description
Figure group in hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, modelled by J.W. Lanz 1756-1757, made by Frankenthal Porcelain Factory, Frankenthal, ca. 1760.
Physical description
Figure group in hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Lovers with a bird and nest. The woman wears a white bodice with diaper pattern in red, pink skirt lined with yellow, white petticoat and red shoes. She holds a bird's nest on her knee. The man wears a black hat, a brown coat, white waistcoat, black breeches, white stockings and black shoes. He holds a bird in his left hand. He is about to embrace the woman. Scroll base.
Dimensions
  • Height: 16.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • A lion (In underglaze blue)
  • 'PH3' (Impressed)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Miss Florence Augusta Beare in memory of Arthur Doveton Clarke
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.929-1919

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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