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Girl with Watering Can or the Gardener's Companion
Factory: Derby Porcelain Factory
Soft-paste porcelain figure of a female gardener holding a watering can, standing on a low mound base with a tree stump at the back, painted in enamels
Soft-paste porcelain figure, slip-cast, and painted over lead-glaze in blue, green, yellow, pink, orange-red, pale orange-red, purple, pale brown, reddish brown, and black enamels. The underside is unglazed with a large ventilation hole in the middle. The oval low mound base has at the back a tree stump with a branch and foliage on the viewer's left. The girl stands in front of it with her right foot forward, holding a watering can in both hands in front of her. She has blue eyes, and on her head has a broad-brimmed white hat with an orange-red ribbon round the crown, and a pale orange-red underside to the brim. She wears a full-sleeved white blouse, a pink dress laced over a blue stomacher, a white petticoat with vertical striped patterns in blue, yellow, puce and purple, and black shoes, with a yellow daisy on the top of each. The base and most of the stump are green, and on the ground there are three separate applied yellow flowers and leaves.
History note: Unknown before testator
Cecil E. Byas Bequest
Height: 13.1 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1938-01-19) by Byas, Cecil E.
18th Century, Late
19th Century, Early#
George III
George IV
Circa
1775
-
1825
Decoration composed of enamels ( blue, green, yellow, pink, orange-red, pale orange-red, purple, pale brown, reddish brown, and black)
presumed lead
Lead-glaze
Soft-paste porcelain
Slip-casting
: Soft-paste porcelain, slip-cast, and painted over lead-glaze in blue, green, yellow, pink, orange-red, pale orange-red, purple, pale brown, reddish brown, and black enamels. The underside is unglazed with a large ventilation hole in the middle.
Lead-glazing
Accession number: EC.21-1938
Primary reference Number: 42695
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Girl with Watering Can or the Gardener's Companion" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/42695 Accessed: 2024-12-03 18:42:35
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