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Sportswoman
Factory: Meissen Porcelain Factory
Hard-paste porcelain, press-moulded, and glazed
Hard-paste porcelain, press-moulded, and glazed. The concave underside is glazed except for the outer edge. The base is roughly circular with a frilled and scrolled edge, a rock on the viewer's right, and at the back a moss-covered tree stump with two short branches on top, and a tall upward scroll encasing a cylindrical nozzle for an attachment. A spray of three roses and a bunch of berries is applied on the viewer's left of the top, and there is a single rose below on the front edge, and two more on the tree stump. The woman stands with her left foot resting on the rock, her right arm raised, and her left bent at the elbow with the hand resting on her bosom. Her head is turned to her left and she leans slightly in that direction. She wears a veil over her curly hair, a jacket over a bodice with a decolleté neckline, a long skirt, and shoes with bows on top. A bag is slung over her right shoulder and rests on her left hip
History note: Mr Fleming, Southsea, from whom purchased for £6 with three other items, on 16 September 1922.
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 23.2 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, third quarter#
Production date:
circa
AD 1760
When acquired by Glaisher his friend Mrs Dickson considered that the figure was Derby, but it was attributed to Meissen by Rackham in 1935 (see Documentation).
Visible Surface
composed of
glaze
( clear)
Base
Width 12.6 cm
Accession number: C.3168-1928
Primary reference Number: 74443
Old object number: 3943
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Sportswoman" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/74443 Accessed: 2024-12-18 18:56:45
To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:
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University of Cambridge}}
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