FIGURINE OF PIERROT
Creator(s): Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory (Manufacturer)
On view in: Marjorie Post's Bedroom Hall
About this object
The statuette represents Pierrot from the Commedia dell'arte. He is a young man who is standing with his arms raised to waist heighth. He is wearing a yellow wide brimmed hat, a large white round scalloped collar, a yellow jacket with gold trim, pale green flowered trousers, and black shoes. At his back is a white tree stump from which extend two green leafy branches. The branches have blue flowers at the left and three flower clusters in relief on the irregular base.
- Object name:
- FIGURINE OF PIERROT
- Made from:
- Soft-paste porcelain
- Made in:
- Longton, England
- Date made:
- 1752-1758
- Size:
- 14 cm (5 1/2 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 26.112
- Class:
- CERAMICS
- Signature marks:
- MARK underneath in underglaze red: a cross and anchor
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973