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Paris
Factory: Meissen Porcelain Factory
Hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilt
Hard-paste porcelain, press-moulded, glazed and painted in blue, green, yellow, pink, purple, a little red, pale brown and black enamels, and gilt; the unglazed base has a small circular ventilation hole. Paris is seated on a rock on a low mound base decorated at the front with applied flowers of two types, and leaves; two more flowers and leaves are on the rock. His left leg is advanced; he leans on his left hand which rests on the rock and holds out an apple in his right hand. He has greyish-brown hair, red lips, and is nude apart from a white cloak held on by a gold band diagonally placed across his chest. The leaves on the base are green. Five flowers have blue petals and yellow cetnres, one has purple petals and a yellow centre, and one on the base, and two on the rock are purple roses with yellow centres.
History note: Sale in Brighton on 11/12 September 1922; Mr W. P ker, 44 Waterloo Street, Hove, from whom purchased on 15 September 1922 for £4 by Dr J.W. L. Glaisher, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 12 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, Mid
Production date:
circa
AD 1745
Decoration
composed of
enamel
( blue, green, yellow, pink, dark pink, red, greyish-brown, and black)
gold
Deoration
Press-moulding
Glazing (coating)
Accession number: C.3171-1928
Primary reference Number: 74444
Old object number: 3934
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Paris" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/74444 Accessed: 2024-11-05 05:26:09
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