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Venus, Cupid, and a Putto
Factory: Meissen Porcelain Factory
Hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilt
Hard-paste porcelain, moulded, and painted overglaze in blue, turquoise blue, yellowish and greyish green, flesh pink, pale purple, pale and dark brown, and a little gilding. The closed and partly concave underside is glazed in the middle, and has a round ventilation hole at the back. The eight-sided base with a rocky top, and a tree stump at the back is painted in shades of greenish-and greyish green and brown. Venus, nude except for a pale purple circlet in her pale brown hair, stands on her left leg with right knee relaxed, looking down towards Cupid whom she holds by his left hand as he flies towards her from the viewer's left. She holds his purple quiver in her right hand and has its turquoise strap over her arm. Another putto sits on a pale purple drape on the ground to the right. A gold line runs round the edge of the base.
History note: Geneen, 258 Christchurch Road, Bournemouth from whom purchased for £2.2.0. on 16 August, 1917 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 21.7 cm
Width: 10.7 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
19th Century, second quarter#
Production date:
circa
AD 1830
Decoration
composed of
enamel
( blue, turquoise blue, yellowish and greyish green, flesh pink, pale purple, pale and dark brown)
gold
Visible Surfaces
composed of
glaze
( clear)
Press-moulding : Hard-paste porcelain, moulded, and painted overglaze in blue, turquoise blue, yellowish and greyish green, flesh pink, pale purple, pale and dark brown enamels, and a little gilding. The closed and partly concave underside is glazed in the middle, and has a round ventilation hole at the back.
Inscription present: crossed swords
Inscription present: script A 65
Accession number: C.3175-1928
Primary reference Number: 74450
Old object number: 5036
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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