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Girl representing Europe from the 'Four Quarters of the Globe'
Factory: Derby Porcelain Factory
Soft-paste porcelain figure of a girl representing Europe, painted in polychrome enamels, and gilt.
Soft-paste porcelain, slip-cast, and painted over lead-glaze in greyish-blue, two shades of green, yellow, pink, red, purple, brown, and grey enamels, and gilt. The underside is glazed except for the edge, and has a large central circular ventilation hole. The roughly circular base has a tree stump at the back with a branch on the viewer's left, and at the front, a semi-circular panel inscribed 'EUROPE' in gold, flanked by frilly scrolls. Europe stands on both feet, her head turned slightly to her left, and her left arm raised, holding a missing object. her left arm is by her side, the hand supporting the lower end of a cornucopia of fruit, including bunches of grapes. She wears a gold headband, a bluish-green tunic with a pattern of groups of purple spots between vertical lines of leaves, with six gold buttons on the skirt, and a pink marbled cloak with a blue lining. At her feet there is a gold sceptre and crown, a brown mallet (?), a pair of dividers, and a gold helmet over a red book. The tree trunk is brown and green with green applied leaves, and the scrolls on the front are picked out in pink and gold.
History note: Unknown before donor
Given by Ralph Griffin, MA, FSA
Height: 20.6 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1918) by Griffin, Ralph, MA, FSA
18th Century, Late
George III
Production date:
circa
AD 1780
Decoration
composed of
enamels
( in greyish-blue, two shades of green, yellow, pink, red, purple, brown, and grey)
lead-glaze
gold
Base
Diameter 10.1 cm
Slip-casting
: Soft-paste porcelain, slip-cast, and painted over lead-glaze in greyish-blue, two shades of green, yellow, pink, red, purple, brown, and grey enamels, and gilt
Lead-glazing
Inscription present: 'No 200' incised and 'N 8' in red enamel
Accession number: C.45-1918
Primary reference Number: 42620
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Girl representing Europe from the 'Four Quarters of the Globe'" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/42620 Accessed: 2024-12-18 16:40:03
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