IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 76986 accession number: EC.6A-1943 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Soft-paste porcelain figure of Europe, slip-cast, with applied moulded details, painted over lead-glaze in blue, green, yellow, pale flesh orange, orange, pink, dark pink, and greyish-black, and gilt.. The closed underside has three patch marks and a large circular ventilation hole. The approximately circular mound base has slightly incurved sides with two kidney-shaped holes on each side between scrolls, and at the front, an asymmetrical cartouche inscribed ‘EUROPE’ in gold. At the back there is a tree stump with two lateral branches bearing small applied flowers and leaves. The girl stands with her feet together, her left arm raised, and her right arm near her side, holding an orb in the hand. She has ruddy cheeks, and black hair drawn up into a pony tail. On her head she has a white crown semé with gold dots, and lined with orange, attached to a white and gold headband. She wears a long flowered dress, off the left shoulder, and a turquoise drape lined with pink. The edges of the dress and belt are have a gilt edging. On the base on her left there is an upside down cornucopia of fruit, a painter's palette, a mitre on a book, and another book with a sheet of paper over it. On her right there is a cornucopia of fruit, a pink helmet and two gold and white batons. In front of her is a pink flask, a pink and brown gavel, telescope, and set square and a gold object with a round end. The base is picked out in pink, turquoise and gold. object type: Soft-paste porcelain figure of Europe, painted in enamels and gilt, and inscribed 'EUROPE' on the front of the base title: figure NOTES ----- type: history note value: Unknown before donor LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts creditline: Bequeathed by Angus W.C. Crisp in memory of his father, George Crisp STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/76986 SUBJECTS ------------------- crown orb crown orb TECHNIQUES ---------- soft-paste porcelain, slip cast, with applied moulded details, painted overglaze in blue, green, yellow, pale flesh orange, orange, pink, dark pink, and greyish-black enamels, and gilded slip casting TECHNIQUES ---------- glazing (coating) CATEGORIES ------ category: soft-paste porcelain DATING ------ creation date: 1780 - 1780 creation date earliest: 1780 creation date latest: 1780 culture: 18th Century, Late culture: George III CREATORS -------- maker: Derby Porcelain Factory maker: William Duesbury & Co. DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Height units: cm value: 23 dimension: Width units: cm value: 11.4 CITATIONS -------- English Porcelain Figures of the Eighteenth Century Derby Porcelain Figures 1750-1848 Derby Porcelain's Four Quarters of the Globe Figures --- IMAGES surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa2/EC_6A_1943_281_29.jpg height: 740 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa2/mid_EC_6A_1943_281_29.jpg height: 649 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa2/EC_6A_1943_281_29.jpg height: 740 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa2/preview_EC_6A_1943_281_29.jpg height: 325 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa2/EC_6A_1943_282_29.jpg height: 740 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa2/mid_EC_6A_1943_282_29.jpg height: 649 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa2/EC_6A_1943_282_29.jpg height: 740 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa2/preview_EC_6A_1943_282_29.jpg height: 325 pixels width: 250 pixels