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Mars and Venus
Factory: Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory
Soft-paste porcelain, slip-cast, and painted overglaze in blue, turquoise, green, yellow, flesh, pink, puce, red, pale purple, brown, grey, and black enamels, and gilt. The underside is glazed except for the edge, and has a circular ventilation hole in the centre which is blocked by the top of the base. The base is oval and flat on top with a scrolled edge, and rocaille ornament at the back and front. The figures sit on a high seat with five scrolled supports, a pair of doves on the front, and a shield with Cupid beside it on the back. Mars sits behind Venus facing to the viewer's right, resting his right elbow on the back of the seat, and having his left arm round Venus's shoulder. His feet rest on one of the supports of the seat. He is bearded and wears a helmet with a brown leopard crest, a blue and yellow cloak, a cuirass with gold scales, a red kilt with pink tabs, pink breeches, and turquoise, yellow and gold boots with open toes. Venus semi-reclines in front of Mars, facing towards him. She has brown hair, and is nude apart from a white drape decorated with red and puce floral sprays. The base is picked out in puce, pink, turquoise, green and greyish-blue, and gilt. The shield is pale grey.
History note: Mr Stoner, London, from whom bought on 24 March 1919 for £26 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS. Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 22.8 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
Gold anchor period (1759-69)
18th Century, Mid#
Circa
1759
CE
-
1769
CE
Decoration composed of enamels ( blue, truquoise, green, yellow, flesh, pink, puce, red, pale purple, brown, grey, and black) gold
presumed lead
Lead-glaze
Soft-paste porcelain
Slip-casting
: Soft-paste porcelain, slip-cast, and painted overglaze in blue, turquoise, green, yellow, flesh, pink, puce, red, pale purple, brown, grey, and black enamels, and gilt
Lead-glazing
Accession number: C.3062-1928
Primary reference Number: 42599
Old object catalogue: 4487
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Mars and Venus" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/42599 Accessed: 2024-11-24 18:16:50
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