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Three Boys on a Rock
Factory: Le Nove Porcelain Factory
Glazed hard-paste porcelain
Greyish-white hard-paste porcleian, press-mouled in parts, and glazed, except for the interior of the hollow base. The three little boys are perching on a rock which is partly covered by a drape, and has at the top, a fountain the form of an open-mouthed mask with a shell basin below it. The boy seated on the viewer's right of the shell wears a Roman helmet and cloak; the one seated on the top to the left of the mask wears a turban and an open coat with a frill round the neck, and the boy standing at the back wears a turban and a cuirass al antica, and a drape.
History note: Sotheby's London, 23 November 1923, lot 24, attributed to Plymouth; bought by the porter for £8 on behalf of Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, Trinity College, Cambridge.
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 17.8 cm
Width: 10.6 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, Late
Antonibon-Parolin period
Circa
1780
CE
-
1790
CE
The attribution is uncertain, Rackham attributed it to Venice, but it seems more likely to be from Le Nove
Visible Area composed of glaze
Accession number: C.3219-1928
Primary reference Number: 74517
Old object number: 4243
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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