Figure
ca. 1760-1769 (made)
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Unlike many Continental factories, the Chelsea porcelain factory was not backed by aristocratic patronage. Nevertheless, it had great ambitions. It used a rich glassy soft-paste body to make copies of contemporary Meissen figures. The Flemish modeller Joseph Willems produced a successful range of original models. They included these 'masqueraders', who are based on the masked revellers to be seen at the London pleasure gardens of Vauxhall and Ranelagh.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded |
| Brief description | Figure in soft-paste porcelain of a female masquerader painted with enamels and gilded, modelled by J. Willems, Chelsea Porcelain factory, Chelsea, ca. 1760-1769. |
| Physical description | Figure in soft-paste porcelain of a female masquerader painted with enamels and gilded. She stands facing right, extending her left foot behind her. She holds out her apron and her overskirt. Rococo scrolls and applied flowers and leaves on the base. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | An anchor (In gold on the back) |
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| Summary | Unlike many Continental factories, the Chelsea porcelain factory was not backed by aristocratic patronage. Nevertheless, it had great ambitions. It used a rich glassy soft-paste body to make copies of contemporary Meissen figures. The Flemish modeller Joseph Willems produced a successful range of original models. They included these 'masqueraders', who are based on the masked revellers to be seen at the London pleasure gardens of Vauxhall and Ranelagh. |
| Bibliographic reference | Hildyard, Robin. European Ceramics. London : V&A Publications, 1999. 144 p., ill. ISBN 185177260X |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | C.184-1977 |
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| Record created | November 28, 2002 |
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