Cupid as a Doctor
Factory:
Frankenthal Porcelain Factory
Director:
Hannong, Joseph Adam
Hard-paste porcelain, painted in green, pink, puce, and and gilt
Hard-paste porcelain, press-moulded, glazed including the base, and painted in blue, green, flesh-pink, pink, mauve, red, grey, and black enamels, and gilt. The figure is supported on a domed, scrolled and pierced base, picked out in gold, and has the remains of a gold inscription on the front 'Lan ). Cupid stands on his left leg with his right extended behind him, and leans forward, holding the clyster (enema) in both hands. Cupid has rosy cheeks, red lips and black eyes. He wears a long curling grey wig, and a nightcap with a gold edge; a long green coat with a blue, brown, and mauve floral pattern, and pink lining; and mauve breeches. The clyster is gold.
History note: Mrs W.D. (Frances Louisa) Dickson, Bournemouth
Given by Mrs W.D. Dickson
Height: 19 cm
Height: 7½ in
Width: 11 cm
Width: 4 5/16 in
Method of acquisition: Given (1950-09) by Dickson, W. D. (Frances Louisa), Mrs
18th Century, third quarter
Joseph Adam Hannong Period
Circa
1757
CE
-
1759
CE
Decoration composed of enamel ( iblue, green, flesh-pink, pink, mauve, red, grey, and black) gold
Press-moulding
: Hard-paste porcelain, press-moulded, glazed, and painted in blue, green, flesh-pink, pink, mauve, red, grey, and black enamels, and gilt
Glazing
Inscription present: a rampant lion
Accession number: C.53-1950
Primary reference Number: 140322
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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