Current Location: Gallery 26 (Lower Marlay)
Titles
The Muse Urania or Astronomy
Maker(s)
Factory:
Bow Porcelain Manufactory
Modeller:
The Muses Modeller
Entities
Categories
Description
Soft-paste porcelain containing bone ash, figure of The Muse Urania or Astronomy, press-moulded, glazed, and painted overglaze in polychrome enamels, and gilt.
Soft-paste porcelain containing bone ash, figure of The Muse Urania or Astronomy, press-moulded, glazed, and painted over lead-glaze in blue, pale lime green, pale yellow, dark pink, orange-red, pale brown, and mid-brown enamels, and gilt. The shallow, square base has an unglazed underside with a large oval ventilation hole in the middle. The Muse stands beside a pedestal draped with a cloth on which is a globe which she supports with her right hand. She leans towards the globe and with her left hand holds a pair of dividers over it. She wears a yellow veil, a white, long-sleeved robe with blue cuffs, and gold border round the hem, a gold belt, and a dark pink shawl with the ends crossed around her neck and the wider part draped behind her. The top of the base and the pedestal are pale lime green, and the draped cloth, pale brown. The dividers are gilt.
Notes
History note: Unknown before donor, Mrs W.D. (Frances Louisa) Dickson, Bournemouth
Legal notes
Given by Mrs W.d. Dickson
Measurements and weight
Height: 15.9 cm
Width: 8.0 cm
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Given
(1950)
by
Dickson, W. D. (Frances Louisa), Mrs
Dating
18th Century, Mid#
George II
Circa
1750
-
1755
School or Style
Rococo
People, subjects and objects depicted
Components of the work
Decoration
composed of
enamels
( blue, pale lime green, pale yellow, dark pink, orange-red, pale brown, and mid-brown)
lead-glaze
( presumed lead)
gold
Materials used in production
presumed phosphatic, containing bone ash
Soft-paste porcelain
Techniques used in production
Press-moulding
: Soft-paste porcelain containing bone ash, press-moulded, glazed, and painted overglaze in enamels, and gilt
Glazing (coating)
References and bibliographic entries
Identification numbers
Accession number: C.82-1950
Primary reference Number: 42177
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Saturday 6 August 2011
Updated: Monday 18 December 2023
Last processed: Monday 18 December 2023
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
