Standing Nun Reading
Factory: Bow Porcelain Manufactory
Figure. Soft-paste porcelain containing bone ash, press-moulded, and covered on the visible surfaces with clear lead glaze with black speckles, mainly on the lower part. The circular low mound base is unglazed underneath and has a circular ventilation hole. There is a square aperture in the back of the base to take an attachment. The nun stands on her right foot with her left foot slightly advanced. She has her right hand on her breast, and with her left supports an open book She wears a veil over a wimple, and a long gown.
History note: Purchased from Mr Malcolm Stoner, London, on 24 November 1926 for £8 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher.
Bequathed by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher
Height: 16.1 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, Mid#
George II
Production date:
circa
AD 1755
presumed lead
Lead-glaze
presumed phosphatic
Soft-paste porcelain
Press-moulding
: Soft-paste porcelain containing bone ash, press-moulded, and covered on the visible surfaces with clear lead glaze with black speckles, mainly on the lower part
Lead-glazing
Accession number: C.3032-1928
Primary reference Number: 41574
Old object number: 4931
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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