Woman Singing
Factory:
Ludwigsburg Porcelain Factory
Modeller:
Beyer, Johann Christian Wilhelm
Hard-paste porcelain, painted in polychrome enamels, and gilt
Hard-paste porcelain, press-moulded, and painted overglaze in blue, green, yellow, flesh-pink, pink, red, mauve, brown, grey, and black enamels, and gilt. The slightly concave underside is glazed, and has two firing cracks and three ventilation holes: one large oval under the front left corner; one large circular almost in the middle; and one small circular near the back right corner. Most of the shallow, almost square, base is covered by a green rug with a frilled edge; the front right corner is mottled in grey. The woman sits on a chair with cabriole legs and high shield-shaped back upholstered in green. The back is pale pink with a green grid pattern. To the woman's left there is an oval marble-topped table supported by three inverted cornucopia bound with gold ribbon, and filled with polychrome fruit. A dark grey and white spaniel lies on the base to her right, and there is a pile of books on the front left corner of the base. The woman looks to her left, resting her right foot on the pile of books, and holding up a scroll in her right hand, while turning over the pages of a music book on the table with her left hand. She has a ruddy complexion, red lips, and dark grey long hair hanging down her back. She wears a white chemise which has fallen off her left shoulder to reveal her breast; a long pink skirt scattered with red floral sprays, and having a blue border round the hem; and white shoes with gold bows on top.
History note: Stoner & Evans (Mr Stoner), 3 King Street, St James's Square, London from whom purchased on 20 November 1916 for £38 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Depth: 12.3 cm
Height: 21.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, third quarter
Production date:
circa
AD 1765
Johann Christian Wilhelm Beyer was active at the factory from 1759 to 1767.
Decoration
composed of
enamel
( blue, green, yellow, flesh-pink, pink, red, mauve, brown, grey, and a little black)
gold
( very little)
Base
Width 14 cm
clear
Glaze
Hard-paste porcelain
Press-moulding
: Hard-paste porcelain, press-moulded in parts, assembled, and painted overglaze in blue, green, yellow, flesh-pink, pink, red, mauve, brown, grey, and a little black enamel, and gilt. The slightly concave underside is glazed, and has two firing cracks and three ventilation holes: one large oval under the front left corner; one large circular almost in the middle; and one small circular one near the back right corner.
Glazing (coating)
Inscription present: crowned double C
Inscription present: the upper part of the L is obscured by a ventilation hole
Accession number: C.3187A-1928
Primary reference Number: 140245
Old object number: 5011a
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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