FIGURINE OF A RANELAGH DANCER (ONE OF TWO)
Creator(s): Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory (Manufacturer)
On view in: Marjorie Post's Bedroom Hall
About this object
The statuette is a Ranelagh Dancer. She is a young woman who is standing with her left hand on her hip and her right hand holding a flower in front of her. She is wearing flowers in her hair, and a pink cape, a green jacket, an orange skirt with green panels and flowers on white medallions and with a white and yellow flounced hem, and pink shoes. She leans on a white stump at her back. It has flower clusters that cover it. The white base has rococo scrolls touched with pale green and gold.
- Object name:
- FIGURINE OF A RANELAGH DANCER (ONE OF TWO)
- Made from:
- Soft-paste porcelain
- Made in:
- Longton, England
- Date made:
- 18th c.
- Size:
- 27.9 cm (11 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 26.113.2
- Class:
- CERAMICS
- Signature marks:
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973