FIGURINE OF CHARITY
Creator(s): Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory (Manufacturer)
On view in: Marjorie Post's Bedroom Hall
About this object
The statuette represents Charity as depicted with a Mother and three children. Typically there are two children. The mother is seated on a white stump holding a nursing infant in a pink blanket. She wears a flat scarf on her head. She also wears a yellow cloak, and a blue dress with red flowers. One child stands at the left, and the other is seated at the right. Both are nude except for small loincloths. They stand on a high base with four white scroll feet touched with magenta. The base is decorated with four flower clusters in high relief.
- Object name:
- FIGURINE OF CHARITY
- Made from:
- Porcelain
- Made in:
- Longton, England
- Date made:
- ca. 1760
- Size:
- 16.8 cm (6 5/8 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 26.128
- Class:
- CERAMICS
- Signature marks:
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973