Man and woman seated on a bank: C.8-1948

Current Location: Gallery 26 (Lower Marlay)

Titles

Man and woman seated on a bank

Maker(s)

Factory: Saint-Cloud Porcelain Manufactory

Entities

Figure group

Description

Soft-paste porcelain group of a man and woman seated on a bank.

Soft-paste porcelain moulded, with hand-modelled parts, and hollow underneath, covered with a clear creamy-white glaze. The interior is unglazed and has several firing cracks inside the figures.The figures sit on a bank with a tree stump between their shoulders. The woman, on the right, wears a cap with 'ears' at the front a decolleté dress with the skirt lifted up over her knees to reveal the petticoat. She holds a posy in her right hand and a large flower in her left. The man, on the left, wears a broad-brimmed hat, a ruffle round his neck, a coat, and baggy breeches, stockings and shoes. He has a basket of flowers on his right knee and a flower in each hand, and leans slightly towards the woman.

Notes

History note: Purchased from J.M. Botibol, 28 Hanway Street, London.

Legal notes

Purchased with the Glaisher Fund

Measurements and weight

Height: 13 cm
Width: 14 cm

Relative size of this object

What does this represent?

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.

Place(s) associated

Saint-Cloud ⪼ France

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bought (1948) by Botibol, J.M.

Dating

Mid 18th Century
Louis XV
Circa 1740 CE - 1750 CE

School or Style

Rococo

People, subjects and objects depicted

Components of the work

Parts

Materials used in production

presumed lead-glaze Lead-glaze
Soft-paste porcelain

Techniques used in production

Press-moulding : Soft-paste porcelain, moulded, with hand-modelled parts, lead-glazed; hollow underneath
Lead-glazing

References and bibliographic entries

Discovering the Secrets of Soft-Paste Porcelain at the Saint-Cloud Manufactory ca. 1690-1766 page(s): 290-1

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.8-1948
Primary reference Number: 82115
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 5 January 2021

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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