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Figure of woman depicting the element "Earth", soft-paste porcelain, standing on a green round moulded base with modelled applied flowers, one puce and one red, the figure is standing barefoot carrying a gilt trimmed cornucopia (symbol for abundance) full of applied fruit and flowers painted in polychrome enamels and a brown lion lies at her feet, she wears a long floral patterned dress in gilt, red green and puce, and a long pink cape with hood and light yellow lining ; glazed
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 36512
Creation/Production
Chelsea Porcelain Factory
Date: 1759-1769
Acquisition
Bequest, 1898
Rhoddwyd gan / Bequeathed by James Pyke Thompson, 1898
Measurements
Height
(cm): 21
Length
(cm): 12.7
Width
(cm): 9.2
Height
(in): 8
Length
(in): 5
Width
(in): 3
Techniques
slip-cast
forming
Applied Art
moulded
forming
Applied Art
applied
decoration
Applied Art
enamelled
decoration
Applied Art
gilded
decoration
Applied Art
glazed
decoration
Applied Art
luted
forming
Applied Art
Material
soft-paste porcelain
enamel
gilding
glaze
Location
In store
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