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Paris: C.3171-1928

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Current Location: In storage

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Paris

Maker(s)

Factory: Meissen Porcelain Factory

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Description

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.

Notes

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

Legal notes

Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Height: 12 cm

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

18th Century, Mid
Production date: circa AD 1745

School or Style

Rococo

People, subjects and objects depicted

Components of the work

Decoration composed of enamel ( blue, green, yellow, pink, dark pink, red, greyish-brown, and black) gold
Deoration

Materials used in production

Hard-paste porcelain

Techniques used in production

Press-moulding
Glazing (coating)

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.3171-1928
Primary reference Number: 74444
Old object number: 3934

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 30 April 2024

Associated departments & institutions

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

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