Cupid playing a Pipe
Factory:
Derby Porcelain Factory
Proprietor:
William Duesbury & Co.
Soft-paste porcelain figure of a Cupid playing a pipe accompanied by a dog, painted in enamels, and gilt
Soft-paste porcelain figure of a Cupid, slip-cast, lead-glazed, and painted overglaze in turquoise blue, green, flesh-pink, red, purple, reddish-brown, brown, and black enamels, and gilt. The underside is unglazed and has a large circular ventilation hole surrounded by three patch marks. The irregularly-shaped low mound base has a rocky edge, and at the back a tree stump with a short projecting foliated branch on the viewer’s right. The Cupid stands on his left leg with his right stretched out in front, and leans back onto a turquoise drape on the top of the tree trunk. He looks downwards towards the pipe which he holds in both hands. He has brown curly hair and eyebrows, black eyes, red lips, and white wings. He wears a black, broad-brimmed hat, a white drape with a purple floral pattern and gold edges, and has a red game back suspended by a dotted gilt chain over his left shoulder. On the ground on his right there is a recumbent reddish-brown and white dog with a black collar.
History note: Uncertain before donor Mrs W.D. (Frances Louisa) Dickson
Given by Mrs W.D. Dickson
Depth: 5 cm
Height: 19.7 cm
Width: 4.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1932-10) by Dickson, W. D. (Frances Louisa), Mrs
18th Century, Late
George III
Circa
1775
CE
-
1780
CE
One of a pair of Cupids listed in Haslem's 'Price List of Groups and Figures' as numbers 205 and 206, priced at 5s. 0d. enamelled and gilt and 7s.0d. biscuit.
Decoration
composed of
enamel
( turquoise blue, green, flesh-pink, red, purple, reddish-brown, brown, and black)
gold
Leaves
except base; presumed lead-glaze
Lead-glaze
Soft-paste porcelain
Slip casting
: Soft-paste porcelain, slip-cast, lead-glazed, and painted overglaze in turquoise blue, green, flesh-pink, red, purple, reddish-brown, brown, and black enamels, and gilt. The underside is unglazed and has a large circular ventilation hole surrounded by three patch marks
Lead-glazing
Inscription present: script N
Accession number: C.99-1932
Primary reference Number: 82432
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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