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Cupid as a Nurse Maid: C.3075-1928

Object information

Current Location: Gallery 26 (Lower Marlay)

Titles

Cupid as a Nurse Maid

Maker(s)

Factory: Derby Porcelain Factory
Proprietor: William Duesbury & Co.

Entities

Categories

Description

Soft-paste porcelain figure of a Cupid holding a baby in a basket, painted in enamels, and gilt

Soft-paste porcelain, slip cast, lead-glazed, and painted in turquoise-blue, green, pale yellow, flesh-pink, red, pale brown, and black enamels, and gilt. The underside is unglazed and had a large oval ventilation hold in the middle, and three patch marks. The circular low mound base is decorated round the edge with scrolls and rocaille frilling, and has a low tree stump at the back. The Cupid stands on his left leg with his right behind him next to the stump. He has brown eyes and eyebrows, pink cheeks and red lips, and is nude apart from a white headscarf, white socks and black shoes. He holds a small ‘Moses Basket’ containing a baby, covered by a pale yellow blanket, and a drape which passes behind the basket and is held up in his right hand over the viewer’s left end of the basket. The base is painted in pale green and turquoise, and the scrolls are picked out in gold

Notes

History note: Given by Mrs W.D. Dickson in 1917 to Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge

Legal notes

Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Height: 10.6 cm

Place(s) associated

  • Derby ⪼ Derbyshire ⪼ England

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr

Dating

18th Century, third quarter#
George III
Production date: circa AD 1770

School or Style

Rococo

People, subjects and objects depicted

Components of the work

Decoration composed of enamels ( pale yellow, pink, flesh-pink, red, brown, and black) gold
Base Width 5.3 cm

Materials used in production

presumed lead Lead-glaze
Soft-paste porcelain

Techniques used in production

Slip-casting : Soft-paste porcelain, slip-cast, lead-glazed, and painted overglaze in turquoise, pale green, pale yellow, flesh-pink, red, pale brown, and black enamels, and gilt
Lead-glazing

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.3075-1928
Primary reference Number: 43389
Old object number: 4502
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 25 August 2015 Last processed: Wednesday 13 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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