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Woman representing Smell from a Set of Senses
Factory: Bow Porcelain Manufactory
Soft-paste porcelain containing bone ash, figure of a Woman representing Smell, press-moulded, with hand-modelled details, and lead-glaze, painted underglaze in blue, and overglaze in blue, green, yellow, orange, pink, puce, red, purplish-grey, and black enamels, and gilt.
Soft-paste porcelain containing bone ash, figure of a Woman representing Smell, press-moulded, with hand-modelled details, and lead-glaze. Painted underglaze in blue, and overglaze in blue, green, yellow, orange, pink, puce, red, purplish-grey, and black enamels, and gilt. The concave, glazed underside has a circular ventilation hole to right of centre. The rounded rectangular base has five scroll feet with a pierced rocaille motif between the front two. On the viewer's right there is a pedestal decorated on the front with applied flowers and leaves, and having on top, a globular vase with three flowers on its cover. The woman stands beside it, with two applied flowers and leaves between her bare feet. resting her left hand on the vase, and holding up towards her face a small bunch of flowers. She has black hair with a yellow scarf over it, and has a gold earring in her left ear. She wears a long white robe with a polychrome floral pattern, and gold edging, which is open at the front to reveal her left breast; a blue, turquoise, and yellow striped petticoat; and a drape which is pink with gold stripes at the front, and underglaze blue, yellow, and turquoise at the back. The pedestal is marbled in purplish-grey, the flowers and polychrome, and the vase is white and gold. The base is picked out in underglaze blue, turquoise, puce, and gold.
History note: Unknown before donor
Given by Ralph Griffin, MA, FSA
Height: 28.5 cm
Width: 15.2 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1918) by Griffin, Ralph, MA, FSA
18th Century, Mid#
George III
Production date:
circa
AD 1765
Decoration
composed of
enamels
( in blue, green, yellow, orange, pink, puce, red, purplish-grey, and black enamels)
cobalt-blue
gold
Details
presumed lead
Lead-glaze
presumed phosphatic
Soft-paste porcelain
Press-moulding
: Soft-paste porcelain containing bone ash, press-moulded, with hand-modelled details, and lead-glaze, painted underglaze in blue, and overglaze in blue, green, yellow, orange, pink, puce, red, purplish-grey, and black enamels, and gilt
Lead-glazing
Accession number: C.228-1918
Primary reference Number: 41476
Old object number: C.6A-1918
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Woman representing Smell from a Set of Senses" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/41476 Accessed: 2024-12-18 14:24:07
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