15929996470001312637261000Standard Recordobject-74473170810660996615826352760001708106603387fitz-onlineadlib-object-74473https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/74473dc2c29c3-8b63-3106-80cd-eb3ec3d925d15personreferenceagent-139324adlib-agent-139324412c46d0-b7b7-3980-8ca2-6c1babc8909aVenuspersonreferenceagent-150796adlib-agent-150796ec5a0c8a-e54c-3735-adea-0fd5dd14f994Cupidreferenceterm-37627adlib-term-37627254febfe-0021-3e45-89a7-d57ba40044c7hard-paste porcelainreferenceterm-113184adlib-term-11318425fc548d-d02f-39a6-a34f-d609393a0043J. W. L. Glaishergreyish-blue, yellowish-green, yellow, flesh-pink, pink, mauve, purple, red and brownreferenceterm-32638adlib-term-3263897b8d1a5-7b8f-3a2a-a275-7d001aeaae2benamelreferenceterm-39593adlib-term-39593e3e2a3f8-2433-3f63-9bcf-e776644d312dgoldDecorationgreyish-blue, yellowish-green, yellow, flesh-pink, pink, mauve, purple, red and brown enamelsreferenceterm-106226adlib-term-106226194567f2-2bcd-3446-ae31-652386611815paintingreferenceterm-28681adlib-term-28681c1f659e2-1209-31cf-8ff4-154e11452559gildingWidthcm11.8BaseApplied ArtsHard-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilt.Hard-paste porcelain, press-moulded, and painted overglaze in greyish-blue, yellowish-green, yellow, flesh-pink, pink, mauve, purple, red and brown enamels, and gilt. The glazed underside is closed and recessed with two small circular ventilation holes and five blunted conical supports. The base is of rounded triangular shape, and has a tree stump at the back. Flora stands in front of it on her left leg with her right advanced with knee bent. She holds a vertical flowering branch in both hands. She has long brown hair tied at the back with a pink ribbon, pink cheeks, and red lips. Her white off-the-shoulder robe is decorated with scattered gold sprays, and is held up over her left shoulder by a purple strap. A blue and yellow drape is wrapped around her waist and right arm, and hangs down at the back. A brown-haired and nude putto, lies on the ground in front of her with his right arm raised under the drape. The top of the base is touched with yellowish green and has three flowers and leaves applied at intervals.C.3194-19281accession numberC.3194-192874473priref74473old object number4208urihttps://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/74473https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/74473referenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumDr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequestreferenceagent-152564adlib-agent-152564c20df94d-f096-3e0b-a9b5-6ddd12161fb7Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr192819281928bequeathedEntry date: 1928-12-071765CE1765circa1765factoryreferenceagent-181185adlib-agent-1811857180d44f-849a-3061-ad36-a04604cc6c1eAnsbach-Bruckberg Porcelain ManufactoryThe figure was accessioned as Venus and Cupid.The model was first produced at Fürstenberg c. 1757-8, where it was modelled by Simon Feilner after an ivory figure of Flora representing Spring by Balthasar Permoser (1651-1733). The ivory was then in the ducal collection, and is now in the Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum, Braunschweig (see Documentation)referenceterm-113159adlib-term-1131594bdfb4a7-b307-3dfa-a3d6-8ada4683271e18th Century, third quarter#referenceterm-126739adlib-term-126739c9394a8c-c538-332a-a7c9-3e54f94c890fliteralGermanyGermanycountryBruckbergclearreferenceterm-32652adlib-term-3265282d8ae3b-f165-395c-ba93-dfa1c282b7beglazereferenceterm-37627adlib-term-37627254febfe-0021-3e45-89a7-d57ba40044c7hard-paste porcelainHeightcm24.5referencemedia-42678adlib-media-426788b80fd4c-c681-326e-a600-fb3b5115ae9cjpegaa/aa3/C_3194_1928_281_29.jpg1heightpixels740widthpixels57016162655284961imagejpegaa/aa3/mid_C_3194_1928_281_29.jpg1heightpixels649widthpixels50016162655284961imagejpegaa/aa3/C_3194_1928_281_29.jpg1heightpixels740widthpixels57016162655284961imagejpegaa/aa3/preview_C_3194_1928_281_29.jpg1heightpixels325widthpixels25016162655284961image0media
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imagereferenceterm-110220adlib-term-110220e22d3544-a393-3f19-9be4-dc2632ca9942figure grouphistory noteFoster's Auction Room, 54 Pall Mall, London, 14 June 1923, lot 109 bought for £1.2s. 0d. by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, Trinity College, Cambridgereferenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumPubl. Vol. l, p. 411, no. 3194411referencepublication-1031adlib-publication-1031a5cc6cb3-2b6f-390a-af51-7e9d123e55edCatalogue of the Glaisher Collection of Pottery and Porcelain in the Fitzwilliam Museum CambridgeCf. p. 41, no. 1 a different Venus and Cupid but of similar physical type, attributed tentatively to the modeller C.G. Laut, c. 176041referencepublication-2777adlib-publication-27776e5539b6-4129-3e7c-a647-a86e9412660bFigürliches PorzellanCf. pp. 246-7, no. 173, Flora, 1757-8 modelled by Simon Feilner (Landesmuseum für Kunst-und Kulturgeschichte, Focke-Museum Inv. no. 50.63). Cf. p. 287, No. 228, a different version of 1778 modelled by Carl Gottlieb Schubert (Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum, Braunschweig, Inv. no. Für 5913)246-7, 287referencepublication-6271adlib-publication-62713f55ba26-efc8-39e1-afc7-ee3d81bcd052Weisses Gold aus Fürstenberg, Kulturgeschichte im Spiegel des Porzellans 1747-1830Cf. p. 186, pl. 140 an ivory figure of Spring with a putto by Balthasar Permoser (Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum, Braunschweig)186referencepublication-2509adlib-publication-250970a36d42-1778-3e96-b63c-4d1b1b50b43eElfenbeinreferenceterm-9010adlib-term-9010ecd03def-5d2a-3b43-bb92-76be16fbabf6Rococoreferenceterm-110220adlib-term-110220e22d3544-a393-3f19-9be4-dc2632ca9942figure groupfigure grouphard-paste porcelain, press-moulded, glazed, painted in greyish-blue, yellowish-green, yellow, flesh-pink, pink, mauve, purple, red and brown enamels, and giltin partsreferenceterm-111179adlib-term-111179be5c887b-c0ed-3d89-82b2-c3a870e72a68mouldingFlora representing Spring with a Puttoobject
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