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A Girl Grape Harvester
Factory: Meissen Porcelain Factory
Hard-paste porcelain, press-moulded and glazed
FHard-paste porcelain, press-moulded, and clear glazed. The girl is supported on a small, straight-sided square base, the underside of which has a circular glazed depression. She stands on her right foot leaning over a vine growing from a low rock. Her left arm is behind the vine, and in her hand she holds a basket containing three bunches of grapes which rests on the rock. Her right arm is bent at the elbow, and in her right had she holds a small curved knife. She wears a broad-brimme hat, with a flower on the turned up right side; a bodice with lacing at the front, and a basque at the back; and a skirt drawn up at the front and back over her petticoat. Her visible shoe with a small pompom on the front.
History note: Unknown before donor, Countess Shelagh S. Rietberg, Cambridge;
Given by Countess Shelagh Rietberg
Height: 10.2 cm
Width: 5.1 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1977-10-11) by Rietberg, Shelagh, Countess
Marcolini period (1774-1814)
Circa
1774
-
Circa
1813
clear, except for the edges of the underside of the base
Glaze
Hard-paste porcelain
Moulding
: Hard-paste porcelain, moulded, and glazed
Glazing (coating)
Accession number: C.19-1977
Primary reference Number: 72867
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "A Girl Grape Harvester" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/72867 Accessed: 2024-11-02 20:21:01
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