Parian bust of an unknown lady, possibly Venus or Psyche

An image of Bust. Unknown lady, possibly Venus or Psyche. Unknown manufacturer. Inscription: maker's name; reverse of bust; marked; P. STEFAN SC 1850. Parian (porcelain), slip-cast, height, 24.2 cm, length, 14.3 cm, width, 12 cm,
length, base, 8.7 cm. Acquisition Credit: Accepted by H. M. Government in lieu of Inheritance Tax from the estate of G. D. V. Glynn, and allocated to the Fitzwilliam Museum.

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Bust. Unknown lady, possibly Venus or Psyche. Unknown manufacturer. Inscription: maker's name; reverse of bust; marked; P. STEFAN SC 1850. Parian (porcelain), slip-cast, height, 24.2 cm, length, 14.3 cm, width, 12 cm, length, base, 8.7 cm. Acquisition Credit: Accepted by H. M. Government in lieu of Inheritance Tax from the estate of G. D. V. Glynn, and allocated to the Fitzwilliam Museum.

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Accession Number: C.1018-2016
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/45.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Sam Cole
Image height: 1365 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 63.00kB
Exposure time: 1/250
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 45/1
Captured: 2017:07:04 11:12:31

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19th Century _WF_AdOK _WF_KWD _WF_OPAC _WF_OPAC_pending Aphrodite British School bust ceramics English female Fitz_AA goddess gods hair hairstyle mythological mythology parian parianware porcelain Psyche sculpture slip cast slipware socle studio ceramics Venus white woman young young woman youth youthful

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