Figure Group
ca. 1760 (made), 1756-1757 (modelled)
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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
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| 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. |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by Miss Florence Augusta Beare in memory of Arthur Doveton Clarke |
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| Accession number | C.929-1919 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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