Two Putti playing with a Dolphin: C.3028-1928

Titles

Two Putti playing with a Dolphin

Maker(s)

Factory: Bow Porcelain Manufactory

Entities

• Figure group

Categories

• Porcelain
• Soft-paste porcelain

Description

Soft-paste porcelain group of Two Putti playing with a Dolphin.

Soft-paste porcelain containing bone ash, thickly press-moulded, and glazed on the exterior, and on most of the interior of the large ventilation hole under the right putto. The rest of the underside is flat and unglazed. The group is supported on an oval low mound base decorated with applied flowers and leaves. The putti are naked but each has a long drape passing over one shoulder. One putto sits on the right with his left leg raised in the air and his right leg bent with the foot on the ground. His arms are raised towards the other putto and he looks towards the viewer. The other putto strides over the other's raised leg with his left leg, and bends back slightly as he grasps the struggling dolphin in his arms. The dolphin is scaly and has in its gaping mouth a square aperture to take a candle branch.

Notes

History note: Henry J. Fielding; Puttick & Simpson, 27 January 1922, Pottery and Porcelain the property of the late Henry Johnes Fielding Esq. (grandson of Henry Fielding, 17 Hereford Square, SW), lot 102. Purchased by the auction porter for Dr Glaisher for £1.11.6.

Legal notes

Bequeathed by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher

Place(s) associated

• Stratford-le-Bow ⪼ Essex ⪼ England

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

18th Century, Mid#
George II
Circa 1750 - 1755

Note

The model was derived from a Vincennes or Meissen original.

School or Style

Rococo