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Figure

1825-1850 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

The woman stands with right foot advanced, dressed in a blue bodice with a long sprigged skirt edged with a floral border and a deep blue band; on her head is a tall toque-like hat in tooled gold, tied with a pink ribbon. She holds a basket of berries in her right hand an a cloth in her left. Plain circular base edged with a gold band.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted in enamels and gilt
Brief description
Figure of a peasant woman, porcelain painted in enamels and gilt, Gardner Porcelain Factory, Russia (Moscow), 1825-1850
Physical description
The woman stands with right foot advanced, dressed in a blue bodice with a long sprigged skirt edged with a floral border and a deep blue band; on her head is a tall toque-like hat in tooled gold, tied with a pink ribbon. She holds a basket of berries in her right hand an a cloth in her left. Plain circular base edged with a gold band.
Dimensions
  • Height: 22.2cm
Credit line
Bequeathed by Madame Yvonne de la Cruz-Froelich
Object history
Perhaps a pair to C.77-1973.
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.78-1973

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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