Woman holding a Hamper: C.169B-1918

Titles

Woman holding a Hamper

Maker(s)

Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory (Factory)

Description

Soft-paste porcelain Woman holding a Hamper, slip-cast with hand-modelled details, lead-glazed, and painted in blue, turquoise, bluish-green, pale yellow, flesh, pink, brown, and black enamels, and gilt

Soft-paste porcelain Woman holding a Hamper, slip-cast with hand-modelled details, lead-glazed, and painted in blue, turquoise, bluish-green, pale yellow, flesh, pink, brown, and black enamels, and gilt. The slightly concave underside is unglazed and has a circular ventilation hole in the viewer's back left corner under the figure. The rectangular low mound base has a wavy front edge, and is decorated on top with applied flowers and leaves. At the back on the left is a tree with two short branches near the bottom on the viewer's left, and one on each side of the top bearing bocage of leaves and clusters of small white flowers with blue centres. On the right of the base there is a low stump with applied leaves and flowers, on which rests a rectangular wickerwork hamper with its lid raised. The girl stands in front of the tree with her right foot forward. Her left hand rests on top of the hamper's lid, and in her right she holds a posy of flowers. She has brown hair and eyes, and wears a white cap, a turquoise jacket with white stomacher, and fichu, yellow skirt with a long red petticoat decorated with a puce and gold floral pattern, and a short white apron. Her yellow shoes have blue rosettes on top. On the base there are two orange and yellow flowers, a large orange flower with a puce centre, and three yellow daisies and leaves. The edge of the hamper has gold binding.

Legal notes

Given by Ralph Griffin, MA, FSA

Place(s) associated

• London ⪼ England

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1918-08-28) by Griffin, Ralph, MA, FSA

Dating

Gold anchor period (1759-69)
Mid 18th Century
George II
George III
Circa 1759 CE - 1769 CE

School or Style

Rococo