Putto playing a hurdy-gurdy
Figure Group
ca. 1762-1770 (made)
ca. 1762-1770 (made)
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| Place of origin |
Figure of a boy in soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. He plays a hurdy gurdy. He reclines on a rock, naked but for drapery flowered in blue and white. Music score on the left.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Putto playing a hurdy-gurdy (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilded |
| Brief description | Porcelain figure group of a putto playing a hurdy-gurdy, painted in enamels and gilded, made by Crépy-en-Valois, France, ca. 1762-1770. |
| Physical description | Figure of a boy in soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. He plays a hurdy gurdy. He reclines on a rock, naked but for drapery flowered in blue and white. Music score on the left. |
| Marks and inscriptions |
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| Credit line | Presented by Lt. Col. K. Dingwall, DSO with Art Fund support |
| Production | about 1762-70, with later enamelling; Acquired as probably Saint-Cloud. In 1985 J. V. G. Mallet noted that like C.10-1915, which has the 'D.C.O' mark, this group shows signs of refiring, and suggested that the decoration was probably 19th century. For further discussion of these figure groups, and an attribution to Crépy, see C. Le Corbeiller and L. Roth, French 18th century porcelain at Wadsworth Atheneum, 2000, cat. 51 and A. Dawson, French Porcelain: A Catalogue of the British Museum Collection, 1994, pp. 250-4. |
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| Collection | |
| Accession number | C.436-1920 |
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| Record created | June 7, 2004 |
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