Air
William Duesbury
Category
Ceramics
Date
1771 - 1783
Materials
Biscuit porcelain
Measurements
180 x 85 x 80 mm
Place of origin
Derby
Order this imageCollection
Clandon Park, Surrey
NT 1441735
Summary
[Salvaged] Figure, 'Air' from The Four Elements series. A girl in a laced bodice, apron and skirt, holds a bird in her raised arm and a hunting horn in her other, on an octagonal neo-classical plinth.
Full description
Figure, 'Air' from The Four Elements series. Soft-paste biscuit porcelain. A girl in a laced bodice, apron and skirt, holds a bird in her raised arm and a hunting horn in her other, on an octagonal neo-classical plinth. The model was introduced by 1771.
Provenance
The gift of Mrs Kathleen Stephenson 20 April 2009
Marks and inscriptions
Base: ‘No. 3’ and repairer’s mark ‘W (?)’. Base: ‘Gwen Smith Collection Leicester’.
Makers and roles
William Duesbury, manufacturer