Seated Nun Reading
Factory:
Bow Porcelain Manufactory
Modeller:
Kändler, Johann Joachim
(After)
Soft-paste porcelain figure of a Seated Nun Reading.
Soft-paste porcelain containing bone ash, press-moulded with a closed base with a small central ventilation hole. The exterior is covered with translucent glaze, which is bubbly where it lies thickly. The nun sits on a roughly circular base. She looks down towards a large book which she supports on her left thigh and holds with her left hand. She holds her right hand over the right page, as if following the lines. Her left foot (missing) extends over the edge of the base at the front. She wears a long voluminous veil, and a long dress over an underskirt.
History note: Mrs E. Spencer, 'Old Village Museum' (in the old village) Shanklin, from whom purchased on 21 September 1922 for £3 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher.
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Depth: 11.7 cm
Height: 14.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, Mid#
George II
Circa
1752
CE
-
1755
CE
phosphatic
Soft-paste porcelain
presumed lead; bubbly where thick
Lead-glaze
Press-moulding
: Soft-paste porcelain containing bone ash, press-moulded with a closed base with a small central ventilation hole
Lead-glazing
Accession number: C.3034-1928
Primary reference Number: 41576
Old object number: 3951
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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