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1768-1770 (made)
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Figure of a woman emblematic of Europe in hard-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilded, from a set of the four Continents. She is standing, holding a red-covered book in her right hand and a palette in her left hand, beside a rock from which issues a spring of water; at her feet a crouching horse, to the left, and to the right a torse and helm and other military trophies. She is wearing a white flowere robe above a green scarf, and a chaplet of laurels. Rococo scrolled base picked out in brown.
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Materials and techniques | Hard-paste porcelain, press-moulded, painted in enamels and gilded |
Brief description | Figure of Europe, from a set of the Continents, hard-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilded, Plymouth Porcelain Factory, ca. 1768-1770 |
Physical description | Figure of a woman emblematic of Europe in hard-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilded, from a set of the four Continents. She is standing, holding a red-covered book in her right hand and a palette in her left hand, beside a rock from which issues a spring of water; at her feet a crouching horse, to the left, and to the right a torse and helm and other military trophies. She is wearing a white flowere robe above a green scarf, and a chaplet of laurels. Rococo scrolled base picked out in brown. |
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Credit line | Given by Miss L.F. Hayward |
Object history | Formerly in the collection of Fleet-Surgeon C.C. Strickland, R.N., Forton Barracks, Gosport |
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Accession number | C.553-1920 |
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Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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