Turkish Woman holding a Shell Dish
Bow Porcelain Manufactory
(Factory)
Probably after
Eberlein, Johann Friedrich
(Modeller)
Soft-paste porcelain containing bone ash, figure of a Turkish Woman holding a Shell Dish, painted overglaze in polychrome enamels.
Soft-paste porcelain containing bone ash, figure of a Turkish Woman holding a Shell Dish, painted overglaze in blue, green, yellow, pink, brown, and red, and black (for the outlines of the flowers) enamels. The underside of the roughly triangular base is unglazed and has a central circular ventilation hole. The woman sits on a rock holding in both hands a scallop shell supported on a hollow rock with spongy seaweed, and shells on it. Her left foot projects slightly over the edge of the base, and her head is turned to her right. She wears a tall pink headdress with shoulder-length veil, a white coat over a long floral coat, pink harem trousers, and red shoes. The large shell is pale yellow with a central floral spray and several detached sprigs. The support has green seaweed and pink and red shells.
History note: Unknown before donor, Mrs W.D. (Frances Louisa) Dickson, Bournemouth
Given by Mrs W.D. Dickson
Height: 14.2 cm
Width: 13 cm
Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.
Method of acquisition: Given
(1950)
by
Dickson, W. D. (Frances Louisa), Mrs
Mid-18th Century
George II
Circa
1755
CE
-
1760
CE
After a Meissen model of 1746 by J.F. Eberlein, which has a pair of a Turk holding a shell.
Decoration composed of enamels ( blue, green, yellow, pink, brown, and red, and black) lead-glaze ( presumed lead) Visible Surfaces
presumed phosphatic and containing bone ash Soft-paste porcelain
Press-moulding : Soft-paste porcelain containing bone ash, painted overglaze in polychrome enamels
Accession number: C.83-1950
Primary reference Number: 42186
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Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts
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"Turkish Woman holding a Shell Dish"
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Accession Number: C.314-1991
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