Figure

ca.1758-ca.1765 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Figure of a woman playing a flute (height 16.1 cm). She sits on a tree stump, turning to her right and with the flute raised to her lips. She wears a pinkish purple dress with floral pattern in darker purple, and a bodice with yellow ground and flowers in colours. The tree stump and rockwork base have applied flowers and leaves, all picked out in enamels. The glaze is thick and glassy.

Mark: an anchor in gold painted on rockwork base. The base has a paper label inscribed '119' (stock number of the dealer Charles E. Boast of Hove).

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain, probably slip-cast, lead-glazed and painted in enamels and gilt
Brief description
Figure of a female flautist, soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilt, Chelsea (gold anchor mark), about 1758-65
Physical description
Figure of a woman playing a flute (height 16.1 cm). She sits on a tree stump, turning to her right and with the flute raised to her lips. She wears a pinkish purple dress with floral pattern in darker purple, and a bodice with yellow ground and flowers in colours. The tree stump and rockwork base have applied flowers and leaves, all picked out in enamels. The glaze is thick and glassy.

Mark: an anchor in gold painted on rockwork base. The base has a paper label inscribed '119' (stock number of the dealer Charles E. Boast of Hove).
Dimensions
  • Height: 16.1cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • an anchor in gold painted on rockwork base
  • '119' (stock number of the dealer Charles E. Boast of Hove)
Credit line
Given by Miss Mary Boast from the collection of Charles E. Boast
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.14-2004

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Record createdApril 21, 2004
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