Seated Woman: C.3211-1928

Current Location: Gallery 26 (Lower Marlay)

Titles

Seated Woman

Maker(s)

Factory: Hewelcke Porcelain Factory

Entities

Figure

Categories

Hard-paste porcelain

Description

Glazed pale grey hard-paste porcelain

Pale grey hard-paste porcelain, moulded, hand-modelled and glazed. A woman wearing a dress with a decolleté neckline, stomacher, and skirt with three flounces, is seated on an elaborately scrolled rococo base with a leafy tree trunk and a branch of flowers behind her. She looks down towards her left hand which holds the remains of a book (?). Her right hand is raised

Notes

History note: Puttick and Simpson, 8 October 1920, lot 125; purchased for £1.11.6 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, Trinity College, Cambridge

Legal notes

Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Height: 15.5 cm

Place(s) associated

Venice ⪼ The Veneto ⪼ Italy

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr

Dating

18th Century, third quarter
Circa 1761 CE - 1763 CE

Note

The factory was founded by Nathaniel Friedrich Hewelcke and his wife Maria Doroten emigrés from Dresden as a result of the Prussian occupation. Their factory was initially at Udine and then moved to Venice.

School or Style

Materials used in production

Glaze
Hard-paste porcelain

Techniques used in production

Press-moulding : Hard-paste porcelain, moulded and glazed
Glazing

References and bibliographic entries

Catalogue of the Glaisher Collection of Pottery and Porcelain in the Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge page(s): 415
L'arte della porcellane in Italia: Il Veneto e la Toscano page(s): 23-5

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.3211-1928
Primary reference Number: 140261
Old object number: 3808
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 25 June 2019

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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