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Sportsman and Lady with a Bird's Next
Factory: Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory
Soft-paste porcelain figure group of Sportsman and Lady with a Bird's Nest, slip-cast (presumed), and painted in polychrome enamels.
Soft-paste porcelain figure group of Sportsman and Lady with a Bird's Nest, slip cast (presumed), lead-glazed, and painted in blue, green, yellow, flesh, red, mauve, brown, and black enamels. The unglazed underside has a circular ventilation hole below the woman. The wavy edged, leaf-shaped base narrows towards the viewer's left, and rises up in the middle into a low rock. The young woman sits on the rock with her right foot forward, looking down towards an ardent sportsman, whom she fends off with her right arm. She supports a birds nest on her lap with her left hand. The sportsman kneels on his left leg and leans towards her, as if to seize the bird's nest. His left arm is behind the girl and he grasps the back of her jacket with his left hand.
Given by Francis L. Dickson
Height: 15 cm
Length: 17.2 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1950) by Dickson, W. D. (Frances Louisa), Mrs
Red anchor period (1752-1756)
18th Century, Mid
George II
Circa
1755
CE
-
1757
CE
Decoration
composed of
enamels
( blue, green, yellow, flesh, red, mauve, brown, and black)
gold
Decoratin
presumed lead
Lead-glaze
Soft-paste porcelain
Slip-casting
: Soft-paste porcelain, slip cast (presumed), lead-glazed, and painted in blue, green, yellow, flesh, red, mauve, brown, and black enamels.
Lead-glazing
Inscription present: half of a circular paper label inscribed in red ink 'Chelsea/c, 1755'.
Accession number: C.89-1950
Primary reference Number: 80699
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Sportsman and Lady with a Bird's Next" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/80699 Accessed: 2024-11-04 18:01:36
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