Skip to main content

Standing Girl with Flowers, possibly representing Spring: EC.19-1938

An image of Figure

Terms of use

These images are provided for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons License (BY-NC-ND). To license a high resolution version, please contact our image library who will discuss fees, terms and waivers.

Download this image

Creative commons explained - what it means, how you can use our's and other people's content.

Alternative views

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Standing Girl with Flowers, possibly representing Spring

Maker(s)

Factory: Derby Porcelain Factory

Entities

Categories

Description

Soft-paste porcelain figure of a Standing Girl with Flowers, slip-cast and painted overglaze in polychrome enamels and gilt.

Soft-paste porcelain figure of a Standing Girl with Flowers, slip-cast and painted overglaze in blue, turquoise, green, yellow, flesh, puce, red, purple, and a black enamels, and gilt. The underside is partially glazed and has a central small circular ventilation hole. The circular low mound base has scrolls in relief round the front, and at the back has a low tree stump with a short forked branch bearing applied white flowers and leaves on each side. The girl stands in front of it with her left foot advanced a little. She holds up the remains of a floral spray in her left hand, and with her right, holds up her apron which full of blue flowers and leaves. She has black hair and wears a yellow broad-brimmed hat with a purple underside to the brim, a turquoise bodice, with a red stomacher, a yellow skirt, a petticoat scattered with yellow and puce circular motifs, and black shoes with a red pom-pom on each. On the ground on each side of her there is a group of leaves and white flowers with yellow centres. The scrolls are picked out in gold.

Notes

History note: Unknown before testator

Legal notes

Bequeathed by E. Cecil Byas

Measurements and weight

Height: 12.0 cm

Place(s) associated

  • Derby ⪼ Derbyshire ⪼ England

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1938) by Byas, Cecil E.

Dating

18th Century, second half#
George III
Production date: circa AD 1770

School or Style

Rococo

People, subjects and objects depicted

Components of the work

Decoration composed of enamels ( blue, turquoise, green, yellow, flesh, puce, red, purple, and a black) lead-glaze gold

Materials used in production

Soft-paste porcelain

Techniques used in production

Slip-casting : Soft-paste porcelain, slip-cast and painted overglaze in blue, turquoise, green, yellow, flesh, puce, red, purple, and a black enamels, and gilt

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: EC.19-1938
Primary reference Number: 42612
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020 Last processed: Wednesday 13 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

Citation for print

This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:

The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Standing Girl with Flowers, possibly representing Spring" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/42612 Accessed: 2024-04-27 00:23:29

Citation for Wikipedia

To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:

{{cite web|url=https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/42612 |title=Standing Girl with Flowers, possibly representing Spring |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-04-27 00:23:29|publisher=The University of Cambridge}}

API call for this record

To call these data via our API (remember this needs to be authenticated) you can use this code snippet:

https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/api/v1/objects/object-42612

Bootstrap HTML code for reuse

To use this as a simple code embed, copy this string:

<div class="text-center">
    <figure class="figure">
        <img src="https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa2/EC_19_1938_281_29.jpg"
        alt="Standing Girl with Flowers, possibly representing Spring"
        class="img-fluid" />
        <figcaption class="figure-caption text-info">Standing Girl with Flowers, possibly representing Spring</figcaption>
    </figure>
</div>
    

More objects and works of art you might like

Suggested products from Curating Cambridge

You might be interested in this...

Sign up for updates

Updates about future exhibitions and displays, family activities, virtual events & news. You'll be the first to know...