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Europe and America
Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory
(Factory)
Soft-paste porcelain figure group of Europe and America, slip-cast, and painted over glaze in green, yellow, flesh, purplish pink, orange, red, brown, and black enamels and gilt.
Soft-paste porcelain figure group of Europe and America, slip-cast, and painted over glaze in green, yellow, flesh, purplish pink, orange, red, brown, and black enamels and gilt. The underside is glazed except for the edge, and has a large circular ventilation hole off centre. The oval low mound base has a scroll at the back and a larger scroll and rocaille ornament at the front. On the left there is a five-sided pedestal with a helmet, a book, a pistol, and an open book of music at its foot. Europe, shown as a chubby white girl, is seated on the pedestal with her right leg back and left leg forward. She has greyish hair, and wears small gold crown, a pale yellow drape with red floral sprays and a purplish-pink lining, and holds a small orb in her extended left hand. America, shown as an androgynous native American child, with black hair and brown skin, sits astride a pale brown alligator facing away from the viewer, and leans back so as to look up at Europa. They wear a feather headdress and skirt, a quiver of arrows on their back, and holds a bow in their left hand. The feathers are green, yellow, purplish-pink, and red. The top and edges of the base are decorated with orange, dark pink, and yellow, applied flowers and leaves. The pedestal and helmet are outlined and picked out in gold.
History note: Unknown before donor, Mrs W.D. (Frances Louisa) Dickson, Bournemouth
Given by Mrs W.D. Dickson
Height: 24 cm
Width: 21 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
(1932)
by
Dickson, W. D. (Frances Louisa), Mrs
Second half of 18th century
Gold anchor period (1759-69)
George III
Circa
1765
CE
-
1772
1772
CE
Decoration:
composed of
enamels
( green, yellow, flesh, purplish-pink, orange, red, brown, and black)
gold
Base:
Width 17 cm
presumed lead Lead-glaze Soft-paste porcelain
Slip-casting : Soft-paste porcelain, slip-cast, and painted over glaze in green, yellow, flesh, purplish pink, orange, red, brown, and black enamels and gilt
Lead-glazing
Inscription present: a gold anchor
Accession number: C.35-1932
Primary reference Number: 42607
Stable URI
Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2020) "Figure group"
Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/42607 Accessed: 2021-11-29 15:37:52
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