Factory: Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory
Soft-paste porcelain fob seal, painted in pale green, pale yellow, puce, red, brown and black enamels.
Soft-paste porcelain fob seal, painted in pale green, pale yellow, puce, red, brown and black enamels. A pierrot holding a hurdy-gurdy sits on a green rock or tree stump on an oval base inscribed in red capitals 'TANTOT HAUT TANTOT BAS'. The base is set in an oval gilt-metal mount with an uncut carnelian or red glass seal. A small suspension is attached to the musician's back by means of a pin inserted into the porcelain.
Bequeathed by Louis Colville Gray Clarke
Height: 2.8 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
( pale green, pale yellow, puce, red, brown and black)
Base
Length 1.7 cm
presumed lead
Lead-glaze
Soft-paste porcelain
Glazing (coating) : Soft-paste porcelain fob seal, painted in pale green, pale yellow, puce, red, brown and black enamels
Accession number: C.674-1961
Primary reference Number: 137252
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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