'Toy' Figure of Harlequin
Factory: Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory
Soft-paste porcelain 'Toy' Figure of Harlequin, painted in blue, green, yellow, pink, red and black enamels.
Soft-paste porcelain 'Toy' Figure of Harlequin, painted in blue, green, yellow, pink, red and black enamels. A masked Harlequin wearing a white hat and frill round his neck and traditional coloured tunic and trousers, stands in front of a tree stump on a circular base. A circular gilt-metal suspesion loop is attached to the top of his hat by means of a pin inserted into the porcelain.
Bequeathed by Louis Colville Gray Clarke
Height: 2.9 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1961-04-27) by Clarke, Louis Colville Gray
18th Century, Mid
George II
Circa
1754
-
1758
Decoration
composed of
enamels
( blue, green, yellow, pink, red and black)
Base
Diameter 7 cm
presumed lead
Lead-glaze
Soft-paste porcelain
Glazing (coating) : Soft-paste porcelain 'Toy' Figure of Harlequin, painted in blue, green, yellow, pink, red and black enamels
Accession number: C.673-1961
Primary reference Number: 137251
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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