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STATUETTE OF A WOMAN, ONE OF FIVE

Creator(s): Unknown

On view in: Adam Bedroom


About this object

The statuette shows a young woman standing. She is holding some green leafy vegetation in her right hand while her left hand plucks it. She turns away from the vegetation. She is wearing a small gold and white crown, a short sleeved over dress in dull pink with gold scrolls and white flowered medallions, and a yellow slit under skirt. She stands on a white base with rococo scrolls touched with dark blue and gold.

Object name:
STATUETTE OF A WOMAN, ONE OF FIVE
Made from:
Hard paste porcelain
Made in:
EUROPE
Date made:
ca. 1840
Size:
18.1 cm (7 1/8 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
26.119.2
Class:
CERAMICS
Signature marks:
MARK gold anchor for Chelsea (fake) [at back of lower edge]
Credit line:
Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973