Girl holding a Bird's Nest, representing Spring
Bow Porcelain Manufactory
(Factory)
Soft-paste porcelain containing bone ash, figure of a Girl holding a Bird's Nest, press-moulded, hand-modelled, and painted overglaze in polychrome enamels, and gilt.
Soft-paste porcelain containing bone ash, figure of a Girl holding a Bird's Nest, press-moulded, hand-modelled, and painted over lead-glaze in blue, green, yellow, flesh-pink, puce, a little red, and brown enamels, and gilt. The figure is supported on a square base with four scroll feet, with a pierced rocaille motif between the front two, and a square aperture to take an attachment below the figure at the back. The girl stands between two tree stumps bearing leaves and applied flowers, with a basket of flowers on the ground on the viewer's left, and applied flowers and leaves across the front of the base. She stands on both feet, and turns her head to her left slightly. She holds a bird's nest containing two chicks in her left hand, and holds up her right hand close to the chicks. She has brown hair, and wears a puce hat with a yellow underside and gold edge. She has a flower tucked into the neck of a blue bodice with puce cuffs edged with gold, and a puce striped stomacher. Her petticoat is strewn with blue flowers with puce leaves, and with green spots. Her skirt, which is only visible at the back, is striped in yellow and puce. Her shoes are puce with yellow flowers on top. The base is picked out in green, puce, and gold. The flowers on the tree stumps and base are blue or puce with yellow centres.
History note: Unknown before donor, Mrs W.D. (Frances Louisa) Dickson, Bournemouth
Given by Mrs W.D. Dickson
Height: 18.0 cm
Width: 12.5 cm
Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.
Method of acquisition: Given
(1932)
by
Dickson, W. D. (Frances Louisa), Mrs
Second half of 18th century
George III
Production date:
circa
AD 1765
Decoration composed of enamels ( blue, green, yellow, flesh-pink, puce, a little red, and brown) gold Details
presumed lead Lead-glaze Soft-paste porcelain
Press-moulding : Soft-paste porcelain containing bone ash, press-moulded, hand-modelled, and painted in polychrome enamels, and gilt
Lead-glazing
Inscription present: circular with black border
Accession number: C.66-1932
Primary reference Number: 41919
Stable URI
Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2022)
"Girl holding a Bird's Nest, representing Spring"
Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/41919 Accessed: 2022-06-26 14:44:32
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Accession Number: EC.19-1938
Accession Number: M.102 & A-1973
Accession Number: M.150 & A-1973
Accession Number: M.84 & A-1973
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