Female Fruit Vendor
Factory: Bow Porcelain Manufactory
Soft-paste porcelain containing bone ash, figure of a Female Fruit Vendor, press-moulded, covered with speckly lead-glaze, painted in polychrome enamels, and gilt.
Soft-paste porcelain containing bone ash, figure of a Female Fruit Vendor, press-moulded, covered with speckly lead-glaze, painted in blue, green, yellow, flesh-pink, dark pink, orange-red, brown, and black enamels, and gilt. The underside of the base is glazed except for most of the edge. The fruit vendor stands on a rounded diamond-shaped base with a convex top, rising up at the back to support her skirt. She stands on her right leg with her left foot forward, and leans back slightly from the waist, as she holds up her apron with both hands. Her right arm is bent at the elbow with the hand at waist level, and the left arm is stretched out. The apron is partly filled with fruit and foliage. Her hair is brown, and her features are boldly delineated in brown and red. She wears a pinner with lappets, and an orange-red ribbon and bow on top; brown earrings, and a black ribbon round her neck; a chemise under a dark pink low-necked bodice with gold edging and orange-red cuffs, each with a gold bow; a white apron over a pale yellow skirt, with a blue border round the hemline; and black shoes with gold bows. A blue flower is pinned to her left bodice front. The top of the base is faintly coloured with greyish-green and dribbles of thin yellow.
History note: Unknown before donor, Mrs W.D. (Frances Louisa) Dickson, Bournemouth
Given by Francis L. Dickson
Height: 20.7 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1950) by Dickson, W. D. (Frances Louisa), Mrs
18th Century, Mid#
George II
Circa
1753
-
1755
Decoration
composed of
enamels
( blue, green, yellow, flesh-pink, dark pink, orange-red, brown, and black)
lead-glaze
( presumed lead)
gold
Base
Depth 9.8 cm
presumed phosphatic and containing bone ash Soft-paste porcelain
Press-moulding
: Soft-paste porcelain containing bone ash, press-moulded, covered with speckly lead-glaze, painted in polychrome enamels, and gilt
Lead-glazing
Accession number: C.84-1950
Primary reference Number: 42211
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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