IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 133230 accession number: EC.20B-1938 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Wednesday 25 February 2015 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Soft-paste porcelain, figure slip cast with applied details, painted overglaze in blue, green, pale yellow, flesh, a little red, reddish-brown, brown, and black, and gilt. The underside is unglazed, and has a large circular ventilation hole in the centre, and three patch marks. The irregularly shaped rocky base has at the back, a broken-off tree trunk with a short branch bearing leaves on either side, and at the front three applied flowers andleaves. The putto sits on a rock in front of the tree holding the falcon on his right wrist and a leading string in his left hand. He has brown hair, white wings, and a small white drape with a bold edge and blue and red dotted pattern. The falcon has a pale yellow breast, reddish-brown plumage, and a gilt crest. Its leading string is black. The base and tree are roughly painted in green and reddish-brown. object type: Soft-paste porcelain figure of Cupid seated beside a treestump holding a falcon, painted in enamels, and gilt title: figure NOTES ----- type: history note value: Unknown before donor LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts creditline: Cecil E. Byas Bequest STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/133230 PEOPLE ------------------- Cupid SUBJECTS ------------------- falcon tree falcon tree TECHNIQUES ---------- soft-paste porcelain, slip cast with applied details, painted overglaze in blue green, pale yellow, flesh, a little red, reddish-brown, brown, and black enamels, and gilt. The underside is unglazed, and has a large circular ventilation hole in the centre, and three patch marks. slip casting TECHNIQUES ---------- lead-glazing CATEGORIES ------ category: soft-paste porcelain DATING ------ creation date: 1770 - 1775 creation date earliest: 1770 creation date latest: 1775 culture: 18th Century, Late culture: George III CREATORS -------- maker: Derby Porcelain Factory maker: William Duesbury & Co. DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Depth units: cm value: 6.7 dimension: Height units: cm value: 12 dimension: Width units: cm value: 6